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The problem with pulse oximeters your doctor probably doesn’t know.

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, ...
Medical Xpress

FDA's promised guidance on pulse oximeters unlikely to end decades of racial bias, say experts

The patient was in his 60s, an African American man with emphysema. The oximeter placed on his fingertip registered well above the 88% blood oxygen saturation level that signals an urgent risk of ...
The Hill

FDA convenes meeting on ‘mounting real-world evidence’ pulse oximeters are less accurate for people with darker skin

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 ...
IFLScience

Decades-Old Problem Of Pulse Oximetry Across Skin Tones Targeted By New Draft FDA Guidance

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...
MedPage Today

Pulse Oximeters Once Again in the Spotlight at FDA

Improving the accuracy of pulse oximeters, especially in patients with darker skin pigments, will be the focus at Friday's meeting of the FDA's Anesthesiology and Respiratory Therapy Devices Panel, ...
WRAL

People with darker skin are 32% more likely to have pulse oximeter readings overestimate oxygen levels, report says

(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 ...
MedPage Today

Diversity Reporting Improved in Pulse Oximetry Testing After FDA Guidance

There was "low but improving uptake" of reporting about the diversity of participants in summary documents for FDA-cleared pulse oximeters after voluntary guidance was issued in 2013, an analysis of ...
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The problem with pulse oximeters your doctor probably doesn’t know about

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 ...
MM&M

FDA’s promised rules on pulse oximeters unlikely to end decades of racial bias

The patient was in his 60s, an African American man with emphysema. The oximeter placed on his fingertip registered well above the 88% blood oxygen saturation level that signals an urgent risk of ...
FierceBiotech

FDA’s promised guidance on pulse oximeters unlikely to end decades of racial bias

The FDA guidance isn’t expected to require manufacturers to measure how well their devices perform in patients with poor perfusion. All this means that the FDA’s efforts could lead to devices that ...