Long COVID Labs | Biased Pulse-Ox
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Patients with long COVID had a host of symptoms, poorer quality of life, and more anxiety and depression, but they did not have a specific cause identified for symptoms despite a comprehensive exam and battery of tests.
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Occult hypoxemia occurred more often in Black than White patients. In other words, if a patient’s skin tone is darker, what appears to be an acceptable SpO2 (i.e. 92%) may actually be lower when measured with SaO2.