The problem with pulse oximeters your doctor probably doesn’t know about
Problems with pulse oximeters have been known for decades, but it wasn’t until the pandemic that the real dangers to Black ...
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Covid: Pulse oxygen monitors work less well on darker skin, experts say
Pulse oximeters have been used increasingly during the coronavirus pandemic in hospital and the community A device designed to spot early signs of dangerous falls in oxygen levels in Covid ...
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FDA issues draft guidance to improve accuracy of pulse oximeters for people with darker skin tones
Years of research have showed that pulse oximeters yield less accurate readings for people with darker skin tones, and now the US Food and Drug Administration is proposing guidance to help make these ...