SynthesisBritish journal of anaesthesia2024
Effect of skin tone on the accuracy of the estimation of arterial oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry: a systematic review.
Synthesis in British journal of anaesthesia, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 50 citations in OpenAlex.
- Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock in Children 2026.Intensive care medicine · 2026Pooled it
- European Resuscitation Council and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine guidelines 2025: post-resuscitation care.Intensive care medicine · 2025Guideline
- Melanin- and linewidth-corrected pulse-oximetry.ArXiv · 2026Article
- [Reproducibility of pulse oximetry in the fingers of the hands].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2026Article
- Mechanical Contact Conditions in Wearable Reflectance Photoplethysmography: Scoping Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Article
- Seeing Skin Tone Differently: An Experimental Comparison of Objective Measurements and Subjective Perceptions.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Bias and Fairness Across the Healthcare AI Lifecycle: A Clinician-Oriented Review.Balkan medical journal · 2026Review
- Singapore Post-cardiac Arrest Care Guidelines 2026.Singapore medical journal · 2026Review
- Pulse Oximetry-A Perioperative Perspective.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Distinguishing Muscle Oxygen Saturation from Tissue Oxygen Saturation: Accuracy, Limitations, and Practical Utility in Muscle Oximetry.Sports medicine - open · 2026Article
- Accuracy and Bias of Pulse Oximetry in the Intensive Care Unit: A Prospective Observational Study.Nursing in critical care · 2026Observational
- Clinical validation of respiratory outcomes for a patch-based polysomnography system.ERJ open research · 2026Article
- Surviving Sepsis Campaign: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2026.Intensive care medicine · 2026Article
- Optical phantoms for the characterization and validation of imaging and spectroscopy: a review.Biophotonics discovery · 2026Review
- Occurrence of Hypoxemia the First Day After Trauma Assessed by Continuous Pulse Oximetry.Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica · 2026Observational
- The digital divide in cardiovascular care: who gets left behind?European heart journal. Digital health · 2026Article
- Assessing Clinical Deterioration in Children With Dark-Coloured Skin: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical nursing · 2026Article
- The impact of skin tone on performance of pulse oximeters used by NHS England COVID Oximetry @home scheme: measurement and diagnostic accuracy study.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2026Observational
- Near-infrared Spectroscopy and Skin Tone in Children: A Prospective Cohort Study.Anesthesiology · 2026Article
- Advancing health equity in proactive health management: from data underrepresentation and algorithmic bias to a closed-loop governance framework.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
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8 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundPulse oximetry-derived oxygen saturation (SpO
methodsPublished literature was screened to identify clinical and non-clinical studies enrolling adults and children when SpO
resultsForty-four studies were selected reporting on at least 222 644 participants (6121 of whom were children) and 733 722 paired SpO
conclusionsPulse oximetry can overestimate true SaO SYSTEMATIC REVIEW PROTOCOL: International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO): CRD42023390723.
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