Dr Martin J Tobin discusses health disparities related to pulse oximeter accuracy and the need for improvement to make health care equitable.

Babytone introduces an innovative pediatric pulse oximeter with a free app and PC software. A Pediatric pulse oximeter measures the oxygen saturation of hemoglobin in the blood. This oxygen ...

Before the coronavirus pandemic, most Americans had heard about pulse oximeters only via TV shows where EMTs shout out a patient’s “pulse ox” — or measure of oxygen in the blood.

One of the most indispensable devices of the coronavirus pandemic is the pulse oximeter, which clips onto a person’s finger, shines out a light and reports back a blood oxygen percentage.

The devices are one of several tools used by doctors to manage patients. A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel suggested on Tuesday that pulse oximeters should be improved because they may not ...

Background and Aims: To be useful in the delivery room, pulse oximeters must provide clinicians with accurate data in the first minutes after birth. This study aimed to identify the sensor ...

Pulse oximeters routinely overestimated levels of oxygen in the blood in darker-skinned Covid patients, leading to delays in treatment and hospital readmissions, according to a research article ...

The UCSF Hypoxia Laboratory and UCSF Center for Health Equity in Surgery and Anesthesia (CHESA) are formally launching the Open Oximetry Project, a multi-year initiative to improve access to safe ...