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Pulse oximeters miss hypoxemia more often in people with darker skin, study finds
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 ...
Patients with darker skin tones have peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) readings that are higher than patients with a ...
A total of 11,018 paired SpO2-SaO2 measurements were analysed. All five pulse oximeters returned higher SpO2 values for patients with darker skin tones than patients with lighter skin tones, at any ...
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Pulse oximeter failings for darker-skinned people might not have a simple solution
Two studies suggest both under- and over-estimation of blood oxygen levels ...
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