Inaccurate oxygen level readings delayed COVID-19 therapies for Black, Hispanic patients: study | WDVM25 & DCW50
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on June 1, 2022
(The Hill) — COVID-19 patients in racial and ethnic minority groups were delayed in receiving therapies because of an inaccurate reading of oxygen saturation levels, according to a new study.
The study, published Tuesday in JAMA Internal Medicine, found that “overestimation of arterial oxygen saturation levels by pulse oximetry” in COVID-19 patients from racial . . .
