ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2022
Racial discrepancy in pulse oximeter accuracy in preterm infants.
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- Systematic review of Apgar scores & cyanosis in Black, Asian, and ethnic minority infants.Pediatric research · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of Skin Pigmentation on Pulse Oximetry Blood Oxygenation and Wearable Pulse Rate Accuracy: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of skin tone on the accuracy of the estimation of arterial oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry: a systematic review.British journal of anaesthesia · 2024Pooled it
- The accuracy of pulse oximetry in measuring oxygen saturation by levels of skin pigmentation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Skin Pigmentation Influence on Pulse Oximetry Accuracy: A Systematic Review and Bibliometric Analysis.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Pooled it
- Impact of race on heart rate characteristics monitoring in very low birth weight infants.Pediatric research · 2023Trial
- Added value of routine pulse oximetry use within Integrated Management of Childhood Illness guidelines in primary care in West Africa: insight from AIRE.BMJ global health · 2026Article
- Assessing Clinical Deterioration in Children With Dark-Coloured Skin: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical nursing · 2026Article
- Awareness of Racial Bias in Pulse Oximetry among Practicing Neonatologists: A Cross-Sectional Survey.Neonatology · 2026Article
- Race, oxygen exposure, and retinopathy of prematurity: re-examining a persistent epidemiologic paradox.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2026Review
- Diagnostic accuracy of an over-the-counter infant pulse oximeter for cardiorespiratory events.Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition · 2025Observational
- Identifying performance differences between two pulse oximetry systems in simulated critical neonatal conditions.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Article
- Transforming neonatal care through informatics: A review of artificial intelligence, data, and implementation considerations.Seminars in perinatology · 2025Review
- Evaluation of skin pigmentation effect on photoplethysmography signals using a vascular finger phantom with tunable optical and mechanical properties.Journal of biomedical optics · 2025Article
- Race Is an Incomplete Surrogate for Skin Pigmentation in Neonates, with Potential Relevance for Pulse Oximetry.The Journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Image Extraction in Neonatal Echocardiography for Congenital Heart Disease Diagnosis in Sub-Saharan Africa: Protocol for Model Development.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- The Utility of Umbilical Cord Pulse Oximetry-A Translational Study with Four Minutes of Deferred Cord Clamping Using an Asphyxiated Preterm Ovine Model.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Leveraging oxygen saturation monitoring for improved detection of pulmonary hypertension in preterm infants.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- Characterizing the influence of skin pigmentation on pulse oximetry.Biophotonics discovery · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivePulse oximetry is commonly used in Neonatology, however recent adult data suggest racial disparity in accuracy, with overestimation of oxygen saturation for Black patients. STUDY
designBlack and White infants <32 weeks gestation underwent simultaneous arterial blood gas and pulse oximetry measurement. Error by race was examined using mean bias, A
resultsA total of 294 infants (124 Black, 170 White) were identified with mean GA of 25.8 ± 2.1 weeks and mean BW of 845 ± 265 grams, yielding 4387 SaO
conclusionThere is a modest but consistent difference in SpO
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