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 ...

A medical device that measures blood oxygen levels doesn't work as well for Black and Hispanic COVID-19 patients. A new study found inaccurate blood oxygen level readings led to delayed care for ...

Inaccurate pulse oximeter readings tied to less supplemental oxygen for darker-skinned ICU patients. ... I never thought we’d be able to put our finger on the actual harm,” said Valley, ...

But her request for supplemental oxygen while hospitalized was denied, Starr said, because readings from a pulse oximeter on her finger falsely indicated that she was getting plenty of air on her own.

The nurse was basing this on the reading from the pulse oximeter clipped to his finger, but this assessment did not feel right to Looby-Gordon. She got off the phone with the nurse and spoke with ...

Pulse oximeters are a commonly used device, used to quickly measure a person’s oxygen saturation. They are placed on a finger or an ear lobe to make readings, but can be hampered by the color of ...

Pulse oximeter readings for different ethnic groups unreliable in assessing severity of COVID-19 pneumonia Jan 27, 2022 Used to gauge COVID severity, pulse oximeters can be inaccurate on darker skin ...