Pulse Oximeters Don't Work as Well for People With Dark Skin. Scientists Are Racing to Fix Them.
Eventually, Toussaint and one of his PhD students, Rutendo Jakachira, took on the project of designing a better pulse ...
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FDA issues draft guidance to improve accuracy of pulse oximeters for people with darker skin tones
But many studies have revealed that pulse oximeters can measure blood oxygen levels as higher than they actually are for people with dark skin. The FDA announced Monday that it has published draft ...
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What do you mean "skin cancer"? My skin is dark
Last year, we released our first annual newsletter and it looked at being safe and #sunsmart when taking a required risk in ...
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FDA recommends more robust testing of pulse oximeters to avoid bias in people with dark skin tone
and say at least 25% of trial participants should have dark skin tone instead of just 15%. Studies have found pulse oximeters miss three times as many cases of low-oxygen levels in Black patients ...