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By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD A major UK study shows that commonly used home pulse oximeters can overestimate oxygen levels in people with darker skin, increasing the risk of undetected hypoxemia and raising ...

In the EXAKT study from the U.K., the home-use pulse oximeters assessed all gave higher oxygen saturation (SpO2) readings for patients with darker skin tones than for patients with lighter skin tones.

Pulse oximeters use light to measure the amount of oxygen in the blood (SpO2). For most people, a normal pulse oximeter reading is between 95% and 100%, with readings below 90-92% generally considered ...

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Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Rather than provide clarity on how to reduce racial bias in pulse ...

Pulse oximeters that can be used at home to detect hypoxaemia give higher readings for patients with darker than lighter skin tones, according to UK researchers. Subscribe today for unlimited access ...

Objective: Pulse oximeters are increasingly used for patient monitoring but are very prone to motion artifact. Newly developed instruments have lower false alarm rates (Bohnhorst&Poets, Intensive Care ...

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