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Oximeter
Accuracy: Pulse oximeter measurements among Black,
Hispanic and Asian Covid-19 patients were less accurate than measurements
for white patients, a study showed, underscoring shortcomings in a critical
device used to monitor the disease’s riskiest outcomes. The discrepancies
might have led to some patients of color with severe disease receiving delayed
or no treatment despite having oxygen levels low enough to warrant it,
researchers said in a study published in the journal JAMA Internal
Medicine. (Read)
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