Black Patients 32% More Likely Than White Patients to Experience Occult Hypoxemia
https://www.epicresearch.org/articles/black-patients-32-more-likely-than-white-patients-to-experience-occult-hypoxemia-which-may-result-in-delayed-care
New action to tackle ethnic and other biases in medical devices
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-action-to-tackle-ethnic-and-other-biases-in-medical-devices
The Health Equity Problem with Pulse Oximeters
https://sleepreviewmag.com/sleep-diagnostics/health-equity-problem-pulse-oximeters/
What To Know About Skin Color Bias In Pulse Oximeters As FDA Discusses Potential Changes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariannajohnson/2024/02/02/what-to-know-about-skin-color-bias-in-pulse-oximeters-as-fda-discusses-potential-changes/?sh=165af320a934
BodiMetrics in Axios: FDA renews debate over biased pulse oximeters
https://www.axios.com/2024/02/02/fda-pulse-oximeters-dark-skin-black-brown
Northwell Health study on burn pit veterans records real-time health data
https://circul.health/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/circul-Newsday-Burn-Pit-and-Vets.pdf
Doctors turn to AI and wearable monitors to measure the effects of burn pits on veterans’ health
https://americanhomefront.wunc.org/news/2024-01-02/doctors-turn-to-ai-and-wearable-monitors-to-measure-the-effects-of-burn-pits-on-veterans-health
Is Your Pulse Oximeter Betraying You? The Unseen Struggle in Dark Skin Monitoring
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/your-pulse-oximeter-betraying-you-unseen-struggle-dark-mathur-md-lbk6c%3FtrackingId=g4uZppGJS8OeefMsRwMRcQ%253D%253D/?trackingId=g4uZppGJS8OeefMsRwMRcQ%3D%3D
The Ongoing Racial Bias in Pulse Oximetry Measurement
Friends, This interview is one of the most startling I’ve posted to date. In this episode, we discover that pulse oximeters – which measure blood oxygen levels – are not always accurate in people of color. Mounting evidence suggests that they’re far less accurate in people of color than in ...
Lecture – The History of Sleep Science and Medicine
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