Healio

Pulse oximeter readings unreliable to assess COVID-19 pneumonia severity across ethnicities

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pulse oximeter measurements of blood oxygen levels appear to be unreliable to assess the severity of COVID-19 ...
Medscape

Study: Skin Colour Affects Accuracy of Pulse Oximetry Readings for COVID-19

Researchers have raised concerns about the reliability of pulse oximetry in the assessment of patients with COVID-19 infection, particularly those from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic groups, ...
Medical Xpress

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

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 ...
androidcentral

The Pixel Watch finally picks up a health feature it should have had from the get-go

Google's smartwatch has caught up to its competitors by activating its SpO2 sensor. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Google ...
Wareable

Apple Watch blood oxygen: How it works, why it was banned, and more

Measuring blood oxygen levels on the Apple Watch has been a staple of its health monitoring experience since it arrived. Yet, an ongoing patent dispute in the US has complicated matters over the last ...

Medtronic Receives FDA Clearance for Nellcor Pulse Oximetry System With Nell-EQ Intelligent Processor, a New Technology Designed To Improve Reliability Across Div…

This regulatory milestone follows news from earlier this year, when the company announced positive verification study results ...