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.
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For patients with darker skin tone, SpO 2 readings were 0.6 to 1.5 percentage points higher on average than for patients with lighter skin tone. HealthDay News — Patients with darker skin tones have ...
Abstract: Objective: Current intrapartum fetal monitoring technology is unable to provide physicians with an objective metric of fetal well-being, leading to degraded patient outcomes and increased ...
Correspondence to Dr Hideo Ohuchi, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, 5-7-1, Fujishiro-dai, Suita, Osaka 565-8565, Japan; hohuchi{at}hsp.ncvc.go.jp ...
1 Newborn Research Centre, The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2 Neonatal Research, The Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia This was a ...
Correspondence to: L M Seccombe Department of Thoracic Medicine, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, Australia; seccombelemail.cs.nsw.gov.au Background: Commercial aircraft cabins provide a ...
BACKGROUND Polysomnography (PSG) is currently the “gold standard” for the diagnosis of the sleep apnoea hypopnoea syndrome (SAHS). Nocturnal oximetry (NO) has been used with contradictory results. A ...