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Utility of skin tone on pulse oximetry in critically ill patients: a prospective cohort study

2024-02-27

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<h4>Importance</h4> Pulse oximetry, a ubiquitous vital sign in modern medicine, has inequitable accuracy that disproportionately affects Black and Hispanic patients, with associated increases in mortality, organ dysfunction, and oxygen therapy. Although the root cause of these clinical performance discrepancies is believed to be skin tone, previous retrospective studies used self-reported race or ethnicity as a su...

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a4283740-acf2-5efc-ab59-1e7c1836b221
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10.1101/2024.02.24.24303291
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