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The aim is to evaluate the racial and ethnic disparities in pulse oximetry accuracy and their correlation with patient outcomes.

C72-25 Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pulse Oximetry Accuracy and Hidden Hypoxemia- Insights From the Blood-Gas and Oximetry Linked Dataset (BOLD)

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Retrospective analysis evaluates pulse oximetry accuracy across racial groups, highlighting disparities and implications.

The aim is to evaluate the racial and ethnic disparities in pulse oximetry accuracy and their correlation with patient outcomes.
Conducted a retrospective analysis of adult ICU encounters using BOLD dataset.
Included paired SpO2 and SaO2 measurements aligned with arterial blood gases.
Analyzed outcomes by comparing SpO2-SaO2 biases across racial groups.
African American/Black patients exhibited a mean SpO2-SaO2 overestimation of +1.76.
ICU stay was significantly longer for Asian and Black patients (6 days, p < 0.001).
No significant differences in hospital mortality were observed among racial groups (p = 0.775).

Yousaf et al. (2026) studied this question.

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