Ethnic Discrepancies in Pulse Oximetry May Affect COVID Treatment

A new study confirms that pulse oximeters are more likely to miss low oxygen levels in Asian, Black and Hispanic individuals with COVID-19 compared with their non-Hispanic white peers, and suggests that this has consequences.
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