Pulse

Home pulse oximeters were the personal tech device of 2020 and a calming way for patients to monitor their health at home during Covid-19.However, a new study found that even in a hospital, pulse oximetry machines can sometimes be…

Analysis of 10,789 paired test results from 1,333 white patients and 276 black patients hospitalized at the University of Michigan earlier this year found that pulse oximetry overestimated oxygen levels in white patients 3.6 percent of the…