"Although absolute differences in readings were small, they can result in substantially higher rates of false negatives and ...

A long-awaited study commissioned by the FDA has muddied the path forward on how to reduce racial bias in pulse oximeter ...

Fingertip monitors known as pulse oximeters that can be used at home to detect low blood oxygen levels (hypoxaemia) give ...

Fingertip monitors known as pulse oximeters that can be used at home to detect low blood oxygen levels (hypoxemia) give ...

New research sheds light on the widespread discrepancies of pulse oximeter accuracy among patients of color. The devices are used in both veterans and commercial hospitals. Authors caution increased ...

The pulse oximeter is currently one of the most essential medical devices. This health instrument can actually help you during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In this photo illustration, a young woman ...

Stuart Marshall is a councillor (non-executive director) for the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) David A. Story is a councillor (non-executive director) for the Australian ...

As an emergency medicine physician, Dr. Owais Durrani sees this issue regularly first-hand: When he clamps a pulse oximeter onto a patient's fingertip to measure their blood oxygen levels, the small ...

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, some patients have been monitoring the level of oxygen in their blood using pulse oximeters, which can be purchased at different pharmacies and retail chains, ...

I am a huge advocate of using pulse oximeters, which measure blood oxygen saturation levels, to help monitor how Covid is affecting one's lungs. A pulse oximeter may have even saved my life; when I ...

Fingertip monitors known as pulse oximeters that can be used at home to detect low blood oxygen levels (hypoxaemia) give ...