Johns Hopkins University: Common Medical Tool May Delay Treatment of Nonwhite Patients with COVID-19 - India Education Diary

A retrospective analysis of over 7,000 patients with COVID-19 found that pulse oximeter devices — tools that measure oxygen levels in the blood and that are used in virtually every U.S. hospital — overestimated blood oxygen levels in non-White patien

A retrospective analysis of over 7,000 patients with COVID-19 found that pulse oximeter devices tools that measure oxygen levels in the blood and that are used in virtually every U.S. hospital overes… [+4347 chars]

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