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Pulse oximetry readings in children may be affected by darker skin tones
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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...