Racial and ethnic discrepancy in pulse oximetry and delayed identification of treatment eligibility among patients with COVID-19

A Fawzy, TD Wu, K Wang, ML Robinson… - JAMA internal …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Pulse oximetry guides triage and therapy decisions for COVID-19. Whether
reported racial inaccuracies in oxygen saturation measured by pulse oximetry are present in …

Clinical outcomes associated with overestimation of oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry in patients hospitalized with COVID-19

A Fawzy, TD Wu, K Wang, KE Sands… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Many pulse oximeters have been shown to overestimate oxygen saturation in
persons of color, and this phenomenon has potential clinical implications. The relationship …

Racial disparities in pulse oximeter device inaccuracy and estimated clinical impact on COVID-19 treatment course

SEK Sudat, P Wesson, KF Rhoads… - American journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Arterial blood oxygen saturation as measured by pulse oximetry (peripheral oxygen
saturation (SpO2)) may be differentially less accurate for people with darker skin …

[HTML][HTML] Pulse oximeter measurements vary across ethnic groups: an observational study in patients with COVID-19

CJ Crooks, J West, JR Morling… - European …, 2022 - Eur Respiratory Soc
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Association of smoking and cumulative pack-year exposure with COVID-19 outcomes in the Cleveland Clinic COVID-19 Registry

KE Lowe, J Zein, U Hatipoğlu… - JAMA internal medicine, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| The Cleveland Clinic initiated a COVID-19 registry starting on March 8, 2020, that
includes all patients tested for COVID-19 within the Cleveland Clinic Health system in Ohio …

Pulse oximetry for monitoring patients with COVID-19 at home. Potential pitfalls and practical guidance

AM Luks, ER Swenson - Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 2020 - atsjournals.org
During the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, reports in social media and
the lay press indicate that a subset of patients are presenting with severe hypoxemia in the …

Symptoms and functional impairment assessed 8 months after mild COVID-19 among health care workers

S Havervall, A Rosell, M Phillipson, SM Mangsbo… - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| The COMMUNITY (COVID-19 Biomarker and Immunity) study investigates long-
term immunity after mild COVID-195 (eMethods in the Supplement). Between April 15, 2020 …

Pulse oximetry for monitoring patients with covid-19 at home—a pragmatic, randomized trial

KC Lee, AU Morgan, KH Chaiyachati… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Pulse Oximetry in Covid-19 Pulse oximetry is frequently used to monitor the respiratory
status of outpatients with Covid-19. This randomized trial found that adding pulse oximetry to …

The effect of patient ethnicity on the accuracy of peripheral pulse oximetry in patients with COVID‐19 pneumonitis: a single‐centre, retrospective analysis

MD Wiles, A El‐Nayal, G Elton, M Malaj… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pulse oximetry is used widely to titrate oxygen therapy and for triage in patients who are
critically ill. However, there are concerns regarding the accuracy of pulse oximetry in …

Novel use of home pulse oximetry monitoring in COVID‐19 patients discharged from the emergency department identifies need for hospitalization

S Shah, K Majmudar, A Stein, N Gupta… - Academic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Our objective was to evaluate patient‐reported oxygen saturation (SpO2) using
pulse oximetry as a home monitoring tool for patients with initially nonsevere COVID‐19 to …