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Portable, consumer-grade pulse oximeters are accurate for home and medical use: Implications for use in the COVID-19 pandemic and other resource-limited environments.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the correlation between 3 lightweight portable pulse oximeter devices compared to a standard wall mount pulse oximetry device.

Methods

We performed a single-center, prospective, observational study of 4 pulse oximetry devices, 3 of which are commercially available to the public. A convenience sample of 200 emergency department (ED) patients with chief complaints of cardiopulmonary origin or a peripheral capillary oxygen saturation ? 94 percent were enrolled. Analysis of variance was performed to compare SpO2s and test characteristics of the 3 devices compared to control.

Results

Although differences in measured SpO2s were observed (P < 0.001) across groups, the differences were small (mean differences ranged from 1.00% to 1.87%). The correlation between test devices and the control were high (r range 0.70-0.79). Although the test characteristics were not perfect, the devices did have good sensitivity using a cutoff value of 94% (sensitivity ranging from 90% to 92%), which improved with lower SpO2 cutoff values to 92% (sensitivity ranging from 96% to 97%).

Conclusion

The 3 commercially available devices were accurate enough to be clinically useful when compared to a hospital bedside monitor pulse oximeter. Consumer-grade portable pulse oximeters may be useful if overwhelming numbers of patients require oxygen saturation monitoring, such as during the COVID-19 pandemic.

SUBMITTER: Schrading WA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7771801 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Portable, consumer-grade pulse oximeters are accurate for home and medical use: Implications for use in the COVID-19 pandemic and other resource-limited environments.

Schrading Walter A WA McCafferty Ben B Grove Jordan J Page David B DB

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open 20201020 6

<h4>Objective</h4>To determine the correlation between 3 lightweight portable pulse oximeter devices compared to a standard wall mount pulse oximetry device.<h4>Methods</h4>We performed a single-center, prospective, observational study of 4 pulse oximetry devices, 3 of which are commercially available to the public. A convenience sample of 200 emergency department (ED) patients with chief complaints of cardiopulmonary origin or a peripheral capillary oxygen saturation ≤ 94 percent were enrolled. ...[more]

PMID: 33392548

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Portable, consumer-grade pulse oximeters are accurate for home and medical use: Implications for use in the COVID-19 pandemic and other resource-limited environments.

Objective

Methods

Results

Conclusion

Publications

Portable, consumer-grade pulse oximeters are accurate for home and medical use: Implications for use in the COVID-19 pandemic and other resource-limited environments.

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