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Medical assistant Evelyn Rivas removes a pulse oximeter from patient Ja-Mey Scott's index finger at Roots Community Health Center in Oakland recently. (Corinne Purtill/Los Angeles Times) Roots ...

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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.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Real-world study looked at relationship between skin pigmentation and pulse oximeter bias in critically ill ...

A portable device used to detect blood oxygen levels revolutionized the medical field 50 years ago and is now receiving essential updates Efforts to improve the accuracy of pulse oximetry readings for ...

Masimo MASI recently reported findings from the NeoPODS study, a large prospective real-world evaluation of its SET pulse oximetry technology in critically ill newborns. The study demonstrated less ...

The doctors and nurses didn’t believe Tomisa Starr was having trouble breathing. Two years ago, Starr, 61, of Sacramento, California, was in the hospital for a spike in her blood pressure. She has ...