<p>Dr. Ronald Bronicki, Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, Section of Critical Care Medicine & Cardiology at Texas Children’s Hospital, discusses the influence skin pigmentation has on the accuracy of NIRS readings and consider the consequences for clinical practice.</p>

Dr. Ronald Bronicki, Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, Section of Critical Care Medicine & Cardiology at Texas Children’s Hospital, discusses the influence skin pigmentation has on the accuracy of NIRS readings and consider the consequences for clinical practice.

<p>Dr. Ronald Bronicki, Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, Section of Critical Care Medicine &amp; Cardiology at Texas Children’s Hospital, discusses the influence skin pigmentation has on the accuracy of NIRS readings and consider the consequences for clinical practice.</p>

INVOS™ technology overview pt 10: Does skin pigmentation impact NIRS readings?

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The MedEd Learning Experience podcast is a weekly podcast series that provides brief, interview-style discussions with clinical experts and is designed to teach safe and effective use of different therapies in patient monitoring and respiratory interventions. The podcast will feature discussions on anesthesia and brain monitoring, unplanned extubation in the NICU, routine intubation with video laryngoscopy, challenges in the NICU, the value of NIRS in clinical practice in the NICU, non-invasive and invasive ventilation in the NICU, and more. The goal of this program is to get closer to the patient and delve into the challenges and impact of each technology in practice. For more medical education content, please visit: https://www.medtronic.com/covidien/en-us/clinical-education/catalog.html

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