{"id":14663,"date":"2024-10-23T09:41:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T13:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manhattancardiology.com\/?p=14663"},"modified":"2026-07-27T00:51:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T04:51:03","slug":"pulse-oximeters-are-less-accurate-on-darker-skin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manhattancardiology.com\/es\/news\/pulse-oximeters-are-less-accurate-on-darker-skin\/","title":{"rendered":"Los pulsiox\u00edmetros son menos precisos en personas con piel m\u00e1s oscura"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los pulsiox\u00edmetros son una herramienta com\u00fan para monitorear los niveles de ox\u00edgeno en la sangre, pero pueden ser menos confiables para las personas de color, lo que hace que las intervenciones m\u00e9dicas tard\u00edas sean una posibilidad. Desafortunadamente, los pulsiox\u00edmetros son b\u00e1sicamente las \u00fanicas opciones a considerar para determinar el ox\u00edgeno en la sangre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/10.1056\/NEJMc2029240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Un estudio de 2020<\/a> Se descubri\u00f3 que aquellos con ascendencia africana ten\u00edan una probabilidad particularmente mayor de sufrir hipoxemia oculta, una condici\u00f3n en la que no se diagnostica un nivel bajo de ox\u00edgeno en la sangre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Si bien la oximetr\u00eda de pulso es un m\u00e9todo no invasivo para evaluar el estado de los pulmones, existen otras variables adem\u00e1s del color de la piel que pueden influir en el resultado. Algunos problemas potenciales incluyen u\u00f1as artificiales, esmalte de u\u00f1as de color muy oscuro, piel muy gruesa, piel muy caliente y fumar cigarrillos. Este es el cardi\u00f3logo de Manhattan Cardiology. <a href=\"https:\/\/manhattancardiology.com\/es\/team\/dr-randy-gould\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Randy Gould<\/a> para discutir este tema m\u00e1s a fondo. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verywellhealth.com\/pulse-oximeter-racial-bias-8728633\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lee el art\u00edculo.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/l.ead.me\/bfBWrO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00bfLe gustar\u00eda programar una cita con el Dr. Randy Gould?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los pulsiox\u00edmetros son una herramienta com\u00fan para monitorear los niveles de ox\u00edgeno en la sangre, pero pueden ser menos confiables para las personas de 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