[HN Gopher] Dangerously wrong oxygen readings in dark-skinned pa...
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       Dangerously wrong oxygen readings in dark-skinned patients spur FDA
       scrutiny
        
       Author : EpicBlackCrayon
       Score  : 17 points
       Date   : 2022-09-18 20:01 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (arstechnica.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (arstechnica.com)
        
       | 1123581321 wrote:
       | The 3x more likely study was troubling. If I read correctly, 11%
       | of darker-skinned patients reading 92-96% were below 88% when
       | measured arterially, compared to about 4% of lighter-skinned
       | patients. The conventional wisdom I've heard is to subtract 3-5%
       | for dark skin when the reading is below 90%, and that wouldn't be
       | sufficient.
        
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