Data from pulse oximeters can really impact patient care, Elizabeth Tracey reports

Data from pulse oximeters can really impact patient care, Elizabeth Tracey reports

Author: Johns Hopkins Medicine March 9, 2026 Duration: 1:04
If you are a person with darker skin should you be worried about the levels of oxygen in your blood a pulse oximeter is giving? Critical care expert Rohan Mathur at Johns Hopkins says past studies looking at this issue …

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What is post-intensive care syndrome? Elizabeth Tracey reports [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03
Once you’ve made it through a stay in an intensive care unit, you can simply move forward in your life, right? Not exactly, as recent research indicates. So-called post intensive care syndrome, or PICS, can continue to i…
What is up with pulse oximeters? Elizabeth Tracey reports [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:04
Do the devices known as pulse oximeters, which measure the amount of oxygen in someone’s blood, underestimate or overestimate this value in people with darker skin? Controversy swirls with release of data from an FDA fun…