The potential for unnecessary medical interventions due to inaccurate pulse oximetry measurements

Affiliations

¹ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, 55 Park Street, New Haven, CT 06511, United States. Electronic address: Jeremy.jacobs@yale.edu.
² Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, 55 Park Street, New Haven, CT 06511, United States.

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Jeremy W Jacobs et al. Heart Lung. 2023 Mar-Apr.

. 2023 Mar-Apr:58:238-239.

doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2022.09.016. Epub 2022 Oct 1.

¹ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, 55 Park Street, New Haven, CT 06511, United States. Electronic address: Jeremy.jacobs@yale.edu.
² Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, 55 Park Street, New Haven, CT 06511, United States.

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Keywords: Health equity; Oxygenation; Pulse oximetry; Race; Skin pigmentation; Transfusion medicine.

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