#362 Migraine Headaches, Acute Hypoxemia: A rapid review (TFTC)
The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
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Pulse Oximetry Is Less Accurate in Darker Pigmented Skin
Pulse oximetry is less accurate in darker pigmented, a melanated skin. 3% can be the difference between whether someone gets something on oxygen supplied to them or not. If accuracy becomes important as opposed to specificity, then probably your duty bound to get yourself an arterial blood gas.
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