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Oxygen saturation of haemoglobin, can you tell me about this?
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Amount of oxygen: Oxygen saturation of hemoglobin is the percentage of hemoglobin, which a protein that carries oxygen in your blood, that has oxygen on it. A normal saturation is usually anywhere between 95-100%.
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