SAN DIEGO — Among patients with skin of color and moderate to severe atopic dermatitis (AD) who underwent 16 weeks of treatment with lebrikizumab, 68% achieved a 75% reduction in the Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI-75), interim results from a novel phase 3b trial showed. Lebrikizumab, a novel monoclonal antibody being developed by Eli...
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Pulse oximetry readings in children may be affected by darker skin tones
by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) recently found that a device used to measure oxygen levels might be overestimating those levels in children of different races, which could lead to inaccurate readings. The findings were published online in JAMA Pediatrics. Pulse oximetry is a noninvasive device used...