Ethnic disparities in publicly-available pulse oximetry databases

Fatemeh Y. Sinaki; Rabab Ward; Derek Abbott; John Allen; Richard Ribon Fletcher; Carlo Menon; Mohamed Elgendi

doi:10.1038/s43856-022-00121-8

Communications Medicine (May 2022)

Ethnic disparities in publicly-available pulse oximetry databases

Fatemeh Y. Sinaki,
Rabab Ward,
Derek Abbott,
John Allen,
Richard Ribon Fletcher,
Carlo Menon,
Mohamed Elgendi

Affiliations

Fatemeh Y. Sinaki: Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
Rabab Ward: School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia
Derek Abbott: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Adelaide
John Allen: Research Centre for Intelligent Healthcare, Coventry University
Richard Ribon Fletcher: Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Carlo Menon: School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering, Simon Fraser University
Mohamed Elgendi: Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00121-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

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Sinaki et al. highlight ethnic disparities in the populations of 12 publicly-available pulse oximetry databases. The authors outline the potential consequences of such disparities on pulse oximetry device and algorithm development.

Published in Communications Medicine

ISSN: 2730-664X (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsmed/

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