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. 2020 Dec 17;383(25):2477-2478.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2029240.

Racial Bias in Pulse Oximetry Measurement

Michael W Sjoding¹, Robert P Dickson¹, Theodore J Iwashyna¹, Steven E Gay¹, Thomas S Valley¹

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PMID: 33326721
PMCID: PMC7808260
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2029240

Racial Bias in Pulse Oximetry Measurement

Michael W Sjoding et al. N Engl J Med. 2020.

. 2020 Dec 17;383(25):2477-2478.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2029240.

Authors

Michael W Sjoding¹, Robert P Dickson¹, Theodore J Iwashyna¹, Steven E Gay¹, Thomas S Valley¹

Affiliation

¹ University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI [email protected].

PMID: 33326721
PMCID: PMC7808260
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2029240

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Racial Bias in Pulse Oximetry Measurement.
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Figure 1. — Figure 1.. Accuracy of Pulse Oximetry in Measuring Arterial Oxygen Saturation, According to Race.
Shown is a comparison of paired measurements of pulse oximetry readings of oxygen saturation and time-matched directly measured arterial oxygen saturation among hospitalized patients who were stratified according to race. The shaded area indicates an arterial oxygen saturation of less than 88%. In the box plot, the horizontal line within each box represents the median, the top and bottom of each box represent the upper and lower limits of the interquartile range, and the whiskers represent 1.5 times the interquartile range. Outliers outside this range are indicated by data points.

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