For patients with darker skin tone, SpO 2 readings were 0.6 to 1.5 percentage points higher on average than for patients with lighter skin tone. HealthDay News — Patients with darker skin tones have ...

For any given SaO2, SpO2 readings are higher for those with darker versus lighter skin tone. HealthDay News — Patients with darker skin tones have peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO 2) readings that ...

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 urgent questions about ...

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.

Fingertip monitors known as pulse oximeters that can be used at home to detect low blood oxygen levels (hypoxaemia) give higher readings for patients with darker than lighter skin tones, finds the ...

Fingertip monitors known as pulse oximeters that can be used at home to detect low blood oxygen levels (hypoxemia) give higher readings for patients with darker than lighter skin tones, finds the ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Rather than provide clarity on how to reduce racial bias in pulse ...

Abstract: Pulse diagnosis is a fundamental component of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), yet manual palpation suffers from subjectivity. In recent years, research on objective pulse signal ...

Background: Remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) is a non-invasive method that accurately measures clinical biomarkers, including heart rate, respiration rate, heart rate variability, blood pressure and ...

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