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Important News: The truth about pulse oximetry and darker skin pigmentation | EBPOM USA
Published 3 years, 10 months ago
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Pulse Oximetry has been in the news recently, the COVID crisis has revealed discrepancies in its efficacy with patients who have darker skin tones. This conversation cuts to the realities of the situation; are pulse oximeters "racist" or is this a potentially dangerous click bait fallacy?
Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guest Sam Ajizian, Chief Medical Officer of the Patient Monitoring Operating Unit in Medtronic