As a triple threat of respiratory illnesses – flu, Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV – sweeps the United States, emergency departments are using one small tool more than usual to ...

“It drives home the importance of understanding how we look at equity and patient care, or health equity.” The data also showed that 10.2% of Black patients had pulse oximeter readings at least 15 ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a meeting on Tuesday to examine and discuss what an agency panel called “mounting real-world evidence” suggesting that pulse oximeter devices do not provide ...

A medical device used to detect lower levels of oxygen in a person’s blood may be less effective for people with darker skin, and this could lead to delays in treatment and hospital admissions for ...

One of the first studies exploring the relationship between skin tone and oximeter accuracy was published in 2005 by Anesthesiology. The study concluded that of the three pulse oximeters tested on a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The doctors and nurses didn’t believe Tomisa Starr was having trouble breathing. Two years ago, Starr, 61, of Sacramento, ...

(CNN) — Scientists have long known that pulse oximeters are less accurate when used for people with dark skin tones – and now, a new report offers some insight into just how much more inaccurate these ...

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 ...