Background Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the leading congenital cause of death in newborns worldwide. Approximately ...

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This large prospective UK study compared five low-cost fingertip pulse oximeters with arterial blood gas measurements and found that readings varied systematically by skin tone and oxygen saturation ...

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 ...

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.

Pulse oximeters use light to measure the amount of oxygen in the blood (SpO 2). For most people, a normal pulse oximeter reading is between 95% and 100%, with readings below 90–92% generally ...

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 ...

The pivotal U.S. jobs report for December is supposed to be the first normal one since the government shutdown, but it could prove devilishly hard for investors to parse. How come? The effects of the ...

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Abstract: This paper investigates the influence of Body Mass Index (BMI) on oximeter readings within an intra-body communication (IBC) home healthcare monitoring system. With a growing concern over ...

In Bob Odenkirk’s latest action thriller, he discovers that his small town is far from “Normal.” Odenkirk reteamed with his “Nobody” writer Derek Kolstad and producer Marc Provissiero (also from ...