title: The Effect of Skin Pigmentation on the Accuracy of Pulse Oximetry in Infants with Hypoxemia.
abstract: To compare pulse oximetry measurement bias between infants with hypoxemia with either dark skin or light skin with Masimo Radical 7 and Nellcor Oximax. There was no significant difference in systematic bias based on skin pigment for either oximeter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. Electronic address: foglia@email.chop.edu.
authors.forename: Elizabeth E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Foglia
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
authors.forename: Robin K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Whyte
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Aasma
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chaudhary
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Baylor Medical College, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mott
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Jodi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Kathleen J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Propert
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D016638:Critical Illness; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D010092:Oximetry / Q000379:methods*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012880:Skin Pigmentation / Q000502:physiology*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric
keywords: accuracy; infant; oxygen saturation; pulse oximetry