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By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD 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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Medical Devices Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently met to review the reported ...

Pulse oximetry can be performed with disposable or reusable sensors, and hospitals and birthing centers must select the type of sensor that best meets the needs of their facility. 1 The SACHDNC ...

(CNN)-- Often when Dr. Thomas Valley sees a new patient in the intensive care unit at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor, he clamps a pulse oximeter on their finger -- one of the many devices he uses to ...

Two studies suggest both under- and over-estimation of blood oxygen levels ...

Researchers have raised concerns about the reliability of pulse oximetry in the assessment of patients with COVID-19 infection, particularly those from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic groups, ...

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today FDA clearance of MightySat ® Medical, making it the first and only FDA-cleared medical fingertip pulse oximeter available ...

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Masimo (NASDAQ:MASI) announced today FDA 510(k) clearance for the pediatric indication for O3™ regional oximetry with the O3 pediatric sensor. Regional oximetry, also ...

According to the WHO release, the use of pulse oximetry for anesthesia monitoring during surgery has been a standard of care in the developed world for over 20 years. The same safety practices are not ...

The severity of COVID-19 pneumonia can be difficult to assess in people from different ethnic groups, due to inaccurate readings from a device that measures the level of oxygen in the blood of ...