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Pulse oximeters show racial disparities

Pulse oximeters show racial disparities

Update: 2025-10-11
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A new study says pulse oximeters (ahk-SIM-uh-ters) overestimate oxygen levels in Black people….….and fails to detect critically low levels of oxygen, known as hypoxemia (high-pox-SEE-me-uh), approximately three times as often in Black people as in white people.COVID-19 has killed a disproportion....

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Pulse oximeters show racial disparities

Pulse oximeters show racial disparities