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. 2024 May:79:209-211.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2024.03.002. Epub 2024 Mar 5.

Survey in emergency medicine of skin pigmentation bias in pulse oximeters

Patrick J Maher  1 , Neha N Goel  2 , Carol R Horowitz  3 , Mark Rea  4 , Mariana G Figueiro  5 , Lynne D Richardson  6
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Survey in emergency medicine of skin pigmentation bias in pulse oximeters

Patrick J Maher et al. Am J Emerg Med. 2024 May.
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Declaration of competing interest All authors report no conflict of interest.

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