Pulse Oximetry and Oxygenation

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Oxygenation in Critical Illness	Source	Year
ICU-ROX: Conservative vs Usual O₂ Therapy During Mechanical Ventilation in the ICU	REBEL EM	2019
IOTA – Oxygen, Less Is More	JournalFeed	2018
LOCO2 – Was Their Target SpO₂ Crazy Low?	JournalFeed	2020
REBEL Cast Ep 55 – Hyperoxia in the Critically Ill	REBEL EM	2018
SGEM#243: Enough is Enough (O₂ Saturation of 94–96%)	SGEM	2019
The HOT-ICU Trial: Lower vs Higher Oxygenation Targets for Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure	REBEL EM	2021

Pulse Ox and Racial Bias	Source	Year
Are Pulse Oximeters Inaccurate in Black Patients?	JournalFeed $	2021
PulmCrit – Dismantling the Systemic Racism of Pulse Oximetry	EMCrit	2020