Racial and Ethnic Bias in Pulse Oximetry and Clinical Outcomes

Valeria S M Valbuena^{1

2

3}, Raina M Merchant^{4

5}, Catherine L Hough⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
² Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
³ National Clinician Scholars Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
⁴ Department for Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
⁵ Center for Digital Health, Penn Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
⁶ Division of Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland.

Comment

Valeria S M Valbuena et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2022.

. 2022 Jul 1;182(7):699-700.

doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.1903.

Valeria S M Valbuena^{1

2

3}, Raina M Merchant^{4

5}, Catherine L Hough⁶

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
² Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
³ National Clinician Scholars Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
⁴ Department for Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
⁵ Center for Digital Health, Penn Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
⁶ Division of Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland.

No abstract available

Comment on

Racial and Ethnic Discrepancy in Pulse Oximetry and Delayed Identification of Treatment Eligibility Among Patients With COVID-19.
Fawzy A, Wu TD, Wang K, Robinson ML, Farha J, Bradke A, Golden SH, Xu Y, Garibaldi BT. Fawzy A, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2022 Jul 1;182(7):730-738. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.1906. JAMA Intern Med. 2022. PMID: 35639368 Free PMC article.