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IBCC Episode 128 - ABG, VBG and Pulse Oximetry

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The Limitations of the Paulsach Simitter

There's an increasing body of evidence that among patients with darker skin, the Paulsach Simitter may be perhaps about an average of two points too high. And it also has impaired precision. This can be very important for patients who are kind of just on the cusp of requiring oxygen or just on theCOPD edge. So I think this is a really challenging balance in hopefully like the pulse oximeter really just needs to get fixed.

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