Ingabe kufanele uthenge i-oximeter ye-pulse?

Ukuphila kahle

Lapho i- Ubhubhane lwe-covid-19 hit ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, abantu abaningi basala bematasa bevuselela amakhithi abo osizo lokuqala, beqinisekisa ukuthi banakho konke abakudingayo-uma kungenzeka. Njengoba izinto ezinjenge-thermometer ne-Kleenex zithengiswa ezweni lonke, enye igajethi yezokwelapha engaziwa kakhulu yaqala ukunakwa: i-oximeter ye-pulse.

Iziguli ezinemilando yokugula okuphefumula, njenge inyumoniya noma isifo esingapheliyo sokuvimbela kwamaphaphu (COPD) , kungenzeka bajwayele ukuqapha okunjenge-clamp okuthola amazinga we-oxygen saturation egazini. Futhi yize ama-pulse oximeter asetshenziswa kakhulu kusethingi yezokwelapha, abakhiqizi abaningi benza nezinguqulo zokusetshenziswa ekhaya.

Kodwa ingabe uyayidinga ngempela i-oximeter ye-pulse yekithi lakho lokuqala losizo? Nakhu okudingeka ukwazi mayelana nedivayisi uma ngabe ubucabanga ngokuthenga eyodwa.

Yini i-oximeter ye-pulse?

I-oximeter ye-pulse yisiqaphi esincane esibekwe esicijweni somunwe (noma kwesinye isikhathi i-earlobe) esikala inani le-oxygen egazini lakho. Ikwenza lokho ngokungahlaseli (okusho ukuthi asikho isidingo sokudonswa kwenaliti nokudonsa igazi). Empeleni, idivayisi isebenza ngokulinganisa ukukhanya nombala, kusho Aloke Chakravarti , MD, udokotela wamaphaphu esibhedlela iMount Sinai eNew York.

Ikhanyisa isibani se-LED embhedeni wezipikili futhi ithola ukugeleza okushayayo, uyachaza. Ngokuyinhloko izama ukuthola ukuhamba kwegazi ngomthambo. Futhi njengoba ikwenza lokho, ilinganisa izinguquko ekumungeni kokukhanya. Kulinganiselwa ukuthi lingakanani lelo gazi elinomoya-mpilo onamathele kwi-molecule ye-hemoglobin. Kuyisilinganiso sokulinganisa.

Ukufundwa okuvelayo kuveza izinga lokushaya kwenhliziyo yakho (ukushaya kwenhliziyo) ngokushaya ngomzuzu, izinga lokugcwaliswa komoya-mpilo ngephesenti, nalokho okubizwa ngokuthi yi-plethysmography, okuyisibonisi esibonakalayo sezinga lokushaya kwenhliziyo uqobo. Ukufundwa kwe-pulse-ox evamile, ngokusho kukaDkt. Chakravarti, kuphakathi kuka-95% no-100%.

Ngaphansi kwama-90% kulapho singaqala khona ukukhathazeka ukuthi amaphaphu awafaki oksijini igazi ngokwanele,uyanezela U-Andrew J. Sauer , MD, i-cardiologist, kanye nokwelashwa kokuhluleka kwenhliziyoumsunguli eKansas City, eMissouri.

Ungayisebenzisa kanjani i-oximeter yokushaya ngamandla

Yize kungekho munwe olungile noma ongalungile ukufaka i-oximeter yokushaya ngamandla, kusho uDkt. Chakravarti, uyafuna ukuqinisekisa ukuthi yilowo ongenazo iziphikili zezipikili noma izipikili zokufakelwa (ezivimba ilambu le-LED lokuqapha) kanye ne-isn Akubandi kakhulu (okungakhombisa ukusakazeka kahle futhi kungavimbela ukufundwa okunembile). Uzophinda ufune ukuhlala unganyakazi ngenkathi usebenzisa le divayisi futhi ubuke i-plethysmography ukuze uqiniseke ukuthi, empeleni, ithatha i-pulse yakho. Uma usukuqinisekisile lokho, ungabe usufunda ukugcwaliswa komoya-mpilo wegazi.

Ngubani odinga i-oximeter yokushaya? Ingabe kufanele ngiyithole?

Ngokomlando, i-pulse oximetry ivame ukwenziwa esibhedlela noma ehhovisi likadokotela ukuze kuqashwe iziguli ezinezifo zokuphefumula, njenge-pneumonia, i-COPD, noma izinkinga zokuqina kwephaphu. Akuvamile ukuthi kunconyelwe ukusetshenziswa kwasekhaya (ngisho nakubantu abanezifo ezingalapheki zamaphaphu). Lokho kuguqulwe nge-coronavirus (COVID-19).

Lokhu kuyinto entsha, kusho uDkt Chakravarti. Isizathu esenza ukuthi lesi sincomo senziwe ngesikhathi sokuphakama kwalo bhubhane, yayingekho imibhede yasesibhedlela futhi amakamelo ezimo eziphuthumayo ayechichima. Abantu kutholakale ukuthi bane-COVID base bethunyelwa emakhaya. Inhloso ye-oximeter ye-pulse yayingeyona into ngaphandle kokuba isexwayiso sokuqala sokugcwala kwe-oxygen.

Ezinye iziguli ze-COVID-19 azikwazanga ukuthola amazinga e-oxygen aphansi zodwa ngenxa yesimo esibizwa i-hypoxemia ejabule, lapho iziguli zingazitholi izimpawu ezilindelekile njengokuphelelwa umoya. Ezimweni ezinjengalezi, i-oximeter ye-pulse inganikeza impendulo ebalulekile.

UDkt. Chakravarti ugcizelela ukuthi iziguli ezine-COVID-19 kufanele zixhumane nomhlinzeki wazo wezokunakekelwa kwezempilo mayelana nokuthi i-oximeter yekhaya eshaywayo ilungile yini kubo:

Kuyingxoxo phakathi kwakho no-1) udokotela okubonile esibhedlela futhi uthi ulungile uye ekhaya no-2) udokotela ozokulandela esimweni sokugula. Bobabili badinga ukunethezeka ukuthi kunengqondo ukuthi uye ekhaya futhi usebenzise lokhu nokuthi lolu hlelo lokuxwayisa kusenesikhathi lukufanele.

Kufanele futhi uthuthukise uhlelo lokusebenza nomhlinzeki wakho wezokunakekelwa kwempilo ngalokho okufanele ukwenze uma amazinga eoksijini egazi ehla ngendlela eyingozi (isb., Uma izinga lakho lehlela ku-93%, iya egumbini lezimo eziphuthumayo, stat). Ngemuva kwakho konke, ukufundwa kusebenza njengokusabela kwakho (kanye nomhlinzeki wakho) kukho.
Kubantu abangenayo i-COVID-19 noma ezinye izimo zezokwelapha ezifanele, ochwepheshe abaningi bezokwelapha abancomi i-oximeter yokushaya ekhaya.

Ngokuvamile, ezigulini eziningi, lokhu akukufanele ukuthenga, kusho uDkt Sauer.

Ungonga kanjani kuma-oximeter wokushaya ngamandla womunwe

Ama-oximeter we-Pulse ahla ngentengo ngokuya ngenani lezinsimbi namakhwela. Ezishibhile kakhulu zivame ukuzungeza u- $ 16 kuye ku- $ 20, kanti ezinamazinga aphezulu — zizishaya isifuba njengokuhambisana kwe-Bluetooth — ziphuma ngamakhulu ambalwa wamadola. Izitolo zezidakamizwa namakhemisi afana neCVS, iWalmart, namaWalgreens aziphatha, njengoba kwenza iAmazon (enezinto ezimbalwa ongakhetha kuzo ebusheni obuphakeme nasebangeni eliphansi lamashumi amabili lamadola). Hlola nomshuwalense wakho ukubona ukuthi ngabe ama-oximeter e-home pulse ahlanganiswe yini ngumshuwalense wakho. Noma ngabe iyiphi indlela, ungasebenzisa i-HSA noma i-FSA ukuyikhokhela.

Ungahle ukwazi wonga imali nge-oximeter ye-pulse usebenzisa ikhadi lakho le-SingleCare . I-SingleCare ayilona uhlobo lomshwalense, kepha kunalokho iyikhadi lesaphulelo somuthi mahhala kuwo wonke amakhasimende asekhemisi ase-U.S. Mane useshe isiza se-SingleCare ukuthola izaphulelo kuma-oximeter we-pulse, cela udokotela wakho akubhalele umbhalo, bese wethula ikhadi lakho kusokhemisi lapho ushiya incwadi kadokotela ukuze uthole leyo mali oyongile.