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Pulse oximeter devices that measure oxygen levels (SPo2) overestimated blood oxygen levels in Covid-19 patients who were non-White, finds a new study.The findings, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, indicate that overestimation of ...
Too-high pulse oximetry readings led clinicians to believe patients weren't ill enough for certain therapies.
A common medical device routinely overestimates blood oxygen levels in Black and Hispanic patients, possibly leading to a delay in treatment for COVID-19.
A new study confirms that pulse oximeters are more likely to miss low oxygen levels in Asian, Black and Hispanic individuals with COVID-19 compared with their non-Hispanic white peers, and suggests that this has consequences.
New York, June 1 (IANS) Pulse oximeter devices that measure oxygen levels (SPo2) overestimated blood oxygen levels in Covid-19 patients who were non-White,