RT @NHLBI_LUNGDir: #NHLBI funded research published in the @NEJM demonstrates that pulse oximetry may be more likely to give inaccurate res…
#NHLBI funded research published in the @NEJM demonstrates that pulse oximetry may be more likely to give inaccurate results in Black patients. https://t.co/d9Vu10brbw
RT @ipeltan: Pulse oximetry overestimates arterial oxygen saturation in Black patients and misses up to ~1 in 6 potentially important hypox…
RT @ipeltan: Pulse oximetry overestimates arterial oxygen saturation in Black patients and misses up to ~1 in 6 potentially important hypox…
RT @UMMicroImmuno: Important study from Michigan and our own @robertpdickson showing "Black patients had nearly three times the frequency o…
Important study from Michigan and our own @robertpdickson showing "Black patients had nearly three times the frequency of occult hypoxemia that was not detected by pulse oximetry as White patients" https://t.co/iuVvkrPpUx
У чернокожих пациентов гипоксемия не выявляется с помощью пульсоксиметрии в 3 раза чаще, чем у белых. Поэтому "черная" жизнь не просто важна, а в три раза важнее? Исследование было бы очень ценным, если бы не политика... https://t.co/a6oLHyEt7d
RT @DogICUma: This is important information to consider before implementing conservative oxygen therapy. https://t.co/kBXhKtXAvq
RT @UREssien: Must read. “Black patients had ~3x more hypoxemia that was not detected by pulse oximetry as White patients. ...reliance on…
We have racial bias in face recognition software and now this. This is why diverse teams matter. The technology sector must do better.
RT @vicky_reyco: "Black patients had nearly three times the frequency of occult hypoxemia that was not detected by pulse oximetry as White…
"Black patients had nearly three times the frequency of occult hypoxemia that was not detected by pulse oximetry as White patients." https://t.co/i7YGblAYDB
@KokomoMoe @Race__Realist @rasmansa @thehankrose @EPoe187 @roderickgraham Person with health insurance and person without, Person living close to underfunded, understaffed hospital, person living close to well funded and staffed hospital. This: https://t.c
Pulse Oximetry is often used for triaging patients - home vs in patient, floor vs ICU. This can be the difference between life and death. Racial Bias in Pulse Oximetry Measurement | NEJM https://t.co/QGUK0T0NJZ
RT @DorothyERoberts: Let’s be clear: this harm to Black (& other dark-skinned) patients results from a medical technology that uses light s…
RT @DorothyERoberts: Let’s be clear: this harm to Black (& other dark-skinned) patients results from a medical technology that uses light s…
more info on medical racism in testing oxygen saturation levels here: https://t.co/EbogTy24I2
RT @garden__honey: @RioSlade @Hector_E_Alcala Have you all read about this? Systemic Racism in Public Health https://t.co/e80A4FGB9y
@RioSlade @Hector_E_Alcala Have you all read about this? Systemic Racism in Public Health https://t.co/e80A4FGB9y
Important article that reminds us of the need to be mindful, detect and correct racial biases that occur in medical technologies such as pulse ox 🫁 #COVID19 https://t.co/d5wKuLQCsG
@UofTBMSA #bias #COVID19 @trklou https://t.co/pmWTNpkDSS Thus, in two large cohorts, Black patients had nearly three times the frequency of occult hypoxemia that was not detected by pulse oximetry as White patients... major implications, especially during
Racial Bias in Pulse Oximetry Measurement | NEJM https://t.co/3B19giCjvd
RT @paomorejon: 📌Oximetría de pulso, diferencia raciales 👩🏾🧔🏿es más frecuente x 3, encontrar hipoxemia oculta🆚👱🏻♀️🧔🏻 🚨 Sobreestima el O2…
RT @ipeltan: Pulse oximetry overestimates arterial oxygen saturation in Black patients and misses up to ~1 in 6 potentially important hypox…
RT @ShamikaRavi: This link should work: https://t.co/wt0suOnq9V
@__ice9 Good advice. Just also be aware that pulse oximeters have racial bias https://t.co/mV06TXtroq
RT @bijurao: Hard evidence confirming the speculation that pulse oximeters systematically overestimate oxygen saturation in dark skinned pe…
Sampling decisions have impact when testing new technologies and treatments https://t.co/dZSnhlS0lr
RT @bijurao: Hard evidence confirming the speculation that pulse oximeters systematically overestimate oxygen saturation in dark skinned pe…
Black patients are three times as likely to have their low oxygen levels missed by a pulse oximeter. https://t.co/c0QFlXCrJI
Hospital alert: Your pulse oximeter might be racist!
@MiaMeowMeow I had read this: https://t.co/NvfAZVsJCG
As research continues to show the impacts of systemic racism on health outcomes, we need to be talking about things like this - a good H&P can support a concern for hypoxemia even if the SaO2 is reassuring: https://t.co/1MnWWwu9fQ,)%20among%20White%2
Racial Bias in Pulse Oximetry Measurement https://t.co/jIG6eSm1R1
"Black patients had nearly three times the frequency of occult hypoxemia that was not detected by pulse oximetry as White patients" Poke @AvrahamCooperMD https://t.co/MJK7I4ex3A
#MedTwitter please read and keep this in mind while treating black patients. Pulse oximeters are not accurate. Rely on other sings and symptoms of hypoxia as well as blood gas instead. https://t.co/hRfFJYJl2c
@DrSelvarajah @autisticgpshh @rofiqueali01 Here's something from the New England Journal of Medicine to show to your doctors if they don't want to draw blood gases (the more accurate alternative) https://t.co/hRfFJYrKaE
RT @msjoding: 1/ Our research letter on racial bias in pulse oximetry measurement, out today in NEJM https://t.co/6dLuNGosxp https://t.co/X…
Racial Bias in Pulse Oximetry Measurement is being reported across news outlets. Here, Dr. Sjoding & team explain their research. Who’s working on Anti-Racist Design in medicine ? #MedicalJustice #DecenterWhiteness #SystemicRacism https://t.co/gw6O7mf
Racial Bias in Pulse Oximetry Measurement | NEJM https://t.co/Nb9IJo1Eo9
RT @DorothyERoberts: Let’s be clear: this harm to Black (& other dark-skinned) patients results from a medical technology that uses light s…
Since at least one person in the replies doesn't believe this, here's the source: https://t.co/NHCXLhPZvx
@HuskerInTheRock @parrotandpope @DelliaRismay @Muna_Mire @TaylorLorenz The source isn't Dr. Google unless you count the fact I "Dr. Google" much of my health information from academic journals like the @NEJM. Here's the source: https://t.co/NHCXLhPZvx
and these measurements are from a clinical/hospital setting! dang.......
#TodayILearned that the method we rely on to measure blood oxygen level in COVID patients is three times more likely to miss hypoxemia in Black patients vs White patients. (1/2) https://t.co/fHkzLumwvV
RT @NGKabra: Pulse oximeters don't detect problems for black patients at 3X the rate compared to white patients. The (continued) problems…
Pulse oximeters don't detect problems for black patients at 3X the rate compared to white patients. The (continued) problems of algorithms that are tested (and approved) based on white people
RT @doctormacias: El oxímetro de pulso es de gran utilidad para detectar hipoxemia en pacientes con Covid. Un estudio mostró que en persona…
RT @TrevonDLogan: This is shocking— more evidence of racial bias in medical diagnostic equipment! Systematic overstatement of Black oxygen…
RT @EconBerger: An example of why lack of diversity in the tech and health care industries leads to unequal outcome
RT @mghmedres: As COVID-19 disproportionately impacts communities of color, it's important we examine the accuracy of our tools. https://t.…
Racial Bias in Pulse Oximetry Measurement | NEJM https://t.co/nF8El1BhAN
RT @jpusanes: 最近のNEJM correspondenceでも扱われました。 https://t.co/9xp3npLsEx
@basakcoruhUW @ATSMedEd @APCCMPD @HarvardMacy This timely and crucial discussion! https://t.co/4GMcVY44qs
RT @AlikaMD: 1. I’m sometimes asked if inclusions means lowering standards of excellence. It’s not always understood that this is a loaded…
RT @cerisecastle: New research found that nearly 12% of the time, pulse oximeters (a key tool for fighting COVID-19) show that Black patien…
RT @bijurao: Hard evidence confirming the speculation that pulse oximeters systematically overestimate oxygen saturation in dark skinned pe…
RT @richardgreenemd: Take note (from @NEJM ): "The variation in risk according to race necessitates the integration of pulse oximetry with…
"Given the widespread use of pulse oximetry for medical decision making, these findings have some major implications, especially during the current coronavirus disease 2019 (#COVIDー19) pandemic." https://t.co/27RPdN1G2k
RT @richardgreenemd: Take note (from @NEJM ): "The variation in risk according to race necessitates the integration of pulse oximetry with…
RT @bijurao: Hard evidence confirming the speculation that pulse oximeters systematically overestimate oxygen saturation in dark skinned pe…
RT @msjoding: 1/ Our research letter on racial bias in pulse oximetry measurement, out today in NEJM https://t.co/6dLuNGosxp https://t.co/X…
@REACHALEXANDRIA @TamorahLewisMD here are the cited papers: https://t.co/EPxkTePvzn https://t.co/YkeqhQC0n6 https://t.co/jg2tuI5bhP
@REACHALEXANDRIA @TamorahLewisMD here are the cited papers: https://t.co/EPxkTePvzn https://t.co/YkeqhQC0n6 https://t.co/jg2tuI5bhP
RT @bijurao: Hard evidence confirming the speculation that pulse oximeters systematically overestimate oxygen saturation in dark skinned pe…
RT @ShamikaRavi: This link should work: https://t.co/wt0suOnq9V
RT @ShamikaRavi: This link should work: https://t.co/wt0suOnq9V
.@msjoding changed the way I look at pulse oximetry in @nejm, rethinking my bedside care This paper has rightly gotten a lot of attention https://t.co/mqiGLzq79g
RT @ShamikaRavi: This link should work: https://t.co/wt0suOnq9V
Racial bias in one of the most common health care measurements: pulse oximetry. "In two large cohorts, Black patients had nearly three times the frequency of occult hypoxemia that was not detected by pulse oximetry as White patients." v @SarahGiles10
Have dark skin? Your oxygen level is lower than you think:
This link should work: https://t.co/wt0suOnq9V
RT @bijurao: Hard evidence confirming the speculation that pulse oximeters systematically overestimate oxygen saturation in dark skinned pe…
RT @bijurao: Hard evidence confirming the speculation that pulse oximeters systematically overestimate oxygen saturation in dark skinned pe…
I am curious about latin people, what the results would be?
RT @TrevonDLogan: This is shocking— more evidence of racial bias in medical diagnostic equipment! Systematic overstatement of Black oxygen…
RT @TrevonDLogan: This is shocking— more evidence of racial bias in medical diagnostic equipment! Systematic overstatement of Black oxygen…
RT @TrevonDLogan: This is shocking— more evidence of racial bias in medical diagnostic equipment! Systematic overstatement of Black oxygen…
RT @bijurao: Hard evidence confirming the speculation that pulse oximeters systematically overestimate oxygen saturation in dark skinned pe…
RT @TrevonDLogan: This is shocking— more evidence of racial bias in medical diagnostic equipment! Systematic overstatement of Black oxygen…
RT @TrevonDLogan: This is shocking— more evidence of racial bias in medical diagnostic equipment! Systematic overstatement of Black oxygen…
RT @bijurao: Hard evidence confirming the speculation that pulse oximeters systematically overestimate oxygen saturation in dark skinned pe…
RT @bijurao: Hard evidence confirming the speculation that pulse oximeters systematically overestimate oxygen saturation in dark skinned pe…
RT @bijurao: Hard evidence confirming the speculation that pulse oximeters systematically overestimate oxygen saturation in dark skinned pe…
RT @TrevonDLogan: This is shocking— more evidence of racial bias in medical diagnostic equipment! Systematic overstatement of Black oxygen…
Here is a story of algorithmic (and medical routine) bias built into pulse oximeters, which are at the heart of our monitoring of COVID patients. I missed it back in august and again before Xmas. Boston review: https://t.co/1JCKeEaGPd Letter to NEJM: htt
RT @TrevonDLogan: This is shocking— more evidence of racial bias in medical diagnostic equipment! Systematic overstatement of Black oxygen…
RT @TrevonDLogan: This is shocking— more evidence of racial bias in medical diagnostic equipment! Systematic overstatement of Black oxygen…
RT @TrevonDLogan: This is shocking— more evidence of racial bias in medical diagnostic equipment! Systematic overstatement of Black oxygen…
RT @bijurao: Hard evidence confirming the speculation that pulse oximeters systematically overestimate oxygen saturation in dark skinned pe…
RT @TrevonDLogan: This is shocking— more evidence of racial bias in medical diagnostic equipment! Systematic overstatement of Black oxygen…
RT @bijurao: Hard evidence confirming the speculation that pulse oximeters systematically overestimate oxygen saturation in dark skinned pe…
RT @TrevonDLogan: This is shocking— more evidence of racial bias in medical diagnostic equipment! Systematic overstatement of Black oxygen…
RT @TrevonDLogan: This is shocking— more evidence of racial bias in medical diagnostic equipment! Systematic overstatement of Black oxygen…
RT @bijurao: Hard evidence confirming the speculation that pulse oximeters systematically overestimate oxygen saturation in dark skinned pe…
RT @EconBerger: An example of why lack of diversity in the tech and health care industries leads to unequal outcome