A pulse oximetry training video produced by Rafael Ortega, MD, the vice-chair of academic affairs for the department of anesthesiology at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and professor of anesthesiology at ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Racial biases persist in the use of pulse oximetry devices for patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF) requiring very high levels of oxygen support, a ...

This regulatory milestone follows news from earlier this year, when the company announced positive verification study results for its Nellcor™ pulse oximetry system with Nell-EQ™ intelligent processor ...

Given the extent of disagreement among observers regarding the color of infants observed under identical conditions (i.e., via video recording), the study authors concluded that real-world visual ...

Resistance to CCHD screening has also been observed among clinicians in the United States. In a 2009 survey of 363 pediatric cardiologists, 42% reported that current practice is inadequate for ...

As an emergency medicine physician, Dr. Owais Durrani sees this issue regularly first-hand: When he clamps a pulse oximeter onto a patient’s fingertip to measure their blood oxygen levels, the small ...

To detect moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in children, nocturnal pulse oximetry (NPO) may be a reasonable alternative to cardiorespiratory polygraphy if the latter is not accessible.

Healthy hearts are adaptable, and heartbeats exhibit complex variation as they adjust to tiny changes in the body and environment. Mass General Brigham researchers have applied a new way to measure ...

Blood oxygen measurements taken with pulse oximeters in hospitals tend to be lower than they really are, according to the Equiox study, which was designed to assess the technology’s measurement ...