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Decision making, so we need to get this right. earlier i spoke to dr 0lamide dada one of the authors of the report. i asked her how widespread this issue was. when we re considering the use of these devices, how widely accessible they are to patients and how frequently they are used in clinical environments, in hospitals and gps, it is really important that both patients, members of the public and clinicians are aware that the readings can be less accurate in darker skinned patients. which way are the results skewed, lower or higher? the devices are actually likely to overestimate oxygen saturations, particularly in black patients, as well as other ethnic minority groups. a particular study conducted in america found that black patients ....