Hypoxia and Medicine

Oxygen Level For a Toddler?

My nephew just went to the doc. His Oxygen Saturation was 83%. They are addmiting him into the hospital. What are they going to do to treat him! What is a normal oxygen saturation for a 2 year old boy?

Public Comments

1. 95-100% THEY WILL GIVE HIM OXYGEN AND DO X-RAYS TO HELP FIND OUT WHY IT'S SO LOW. GOOD LUCK
2. Normal or optimum is 99 or 100 percent saturation. However, they don't really worry until it gets under 90%. There are many causes for low oxygen saturation, and when they find out the cause, they can treat it. So, try and hang in there and support your brother/sister the best you can.
3. my daughter had low sats but this was down to her having a heart defect. when she was born her sats where 97% when she cried she went blue and her sats dropped below 90% by the time she was 6 months old her sats where 80% and she always looked blue but this is of cause down to her defect which had to be corrected at 6 months old with open heart.. it is a good thing that they have picked up on this and could be various things that have caused it hope all goes well good luck x
4. 95% or higher They will most likely give him oxygen and do a chest x-ray.