{
  "id": 18148552,
  "title": "Pulse oximetry–based scoring may miss sleep apnea events in Black patients",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/pulse-oximetry-based-scoring-may-miss-sleep-apnea-events-in-black",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-04T16:00:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-pulse-oximetrybased-scoring-apnea-events.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Sleep studies often use a pulse oximeter to determine the severity of sleep apnea. But a new study by investigators from Mass General Brigham reports that pulse oximeters may undercount breathing events in Black patients, potentially leading to inaccurate severity classifications.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}