Doctors may soon be able to tell just how sick a heart failure patient really is by using a routine MRI scan, thanks to new ...
Assessing mean apnea-hypopnea duration (MAD) in patients with OSA yields hypoxemia and symptom burden data not provided by the AHI or ODI.
Healthcare institutions delete records of patient encounters, common cardiology patients are underrepresented in clinical trials, and a medical device is less accurate in patients with darker skin.
Medtronic, a global leader in healthcare technology, announced verification study results for its investigational Nellcor™ ...
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In the EXAKT study from the U.K., the home-use pulse oximeters assessed all gave higher oxygen saturation (SpO2) readings for patients with darker skin tones than for patients with lighter skin tones.
Fingertip monitors known as pulse oximeters that can be used at home to detect low blood oxygen levels (hypoxaemia) give higher readings for patients with darker than lighter skin tones, finds the ...
SpO2 readings were, on average, 0.6-1.5 percentage points higher for patients with darker than lighter skin tone. At both SpO2 thresholds assessed, false negative rates (low oxygen missed by the pulse ...
SpO 2 readings were—on average—0.6–1.5 percentage points higher for patients with darker than lighter skin tone. At both SpO 2 thresholds assessed, false negative rates (low oxygen missed by the pulse ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A woman was killed Thursday afternoon in what Colorado wildlife officers are investigating as a potential mountain lion attack on a trail near Estes Park, ...