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Effect of Glittered Nail Polish on Pulse Oximetry Measurements in Healthy Subjects

BACKGROUND: Pulse oximeter is a simple and noninvasive standard device to monitor the saturation of peripheral oxygen (SpO(2)) and heart rate. The nail polish of different colors may result in inaccurate oximetry reading and interpretation of oxygen saturation. This study aimed at determining the ef...

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Autores principales: Yeganehkhah, Mohammadreza, Dadkhahtehrani, Tahmineh, Bagheri, AhmadReza, Kachoie, Ahmad
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6298168/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30622574
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijnmr.IJNMR_176_17
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author Yeganehkhah, Mohammadreza
Dadkhahtehrani, Tahmineh
Bagheri, AhmadReza
Kachoie, Ahmad
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Dadkhahtehrani, Tahmineh
Bagheri, AhmadReza
Kachoie, Ahmad
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description BACKGROUND: Pulse oximeter is a simple and noninvasive standard device to monitor the saturation of peripheral oxygen (SpO(2)) and heart rate. The nail polish of different colors may result in inaccurate oximetry reading and interpretation of oxygen saturation. This study aimed at determining the effect of different colors of glittered nail polish on SpO(2) in healthy students. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a randomized clinical trial on 30 healthy students with SpO(2) ≥95% and without any complications on nail beds and environmental perfusion. SpO(2) was measured on 10 fingers of the participants after sitting and resting on a seat for 10 min in a room with normal temperature. Then they were asked to apply 10 colors of glittered nail polish randomly to their fingernails as all colors were used. After drying the two-layer nail polish, SpO(2) was measured again. RESULTS: Of 10 glittered nail-polishes, dark green and purple did not change SpO(2) reading significantly. All other colors lowered SpO(2) significantly based on Wilcoxon test (red: p = 0.003; orange: p = 0.002; yellow: p = 0.015; pink: p = 0.017; dark blue: p = 0.001; violet: p = 0.001; brown: p = 0.001; black: p = 0.001). However, those changes were not clinically significant because SpO(2) differences before and after nail polish were in acceptable range (less than a 2% change). CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that different colors of glittered nail polishes do not result in a clinically significant change in pulse oximetry measurements in healthy subjects; therefore, it is not necessary to remove the glittered nail polish routinely in clinical, surgical, and emergency settings.
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spelling pubmed-62981682019-01-09 Effect of Glittered Nail Polish on Pulse Oximetry Measurements in Healthy Subjects Yeganehkhah, Mohammadreza Dadkhahtehrani, Tahmineh Bagheri, AhmadReza Kachoie, Ahmad Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res Original Article BACKGROUND: Pulse oximeter is a simple and noninvasive standard device to monitor the saturation of peripheral oxygen (SpO(2)) and heart rate. The nail polish of different colors may result in inaccurate oximetry reading and interpretation of oxygen saturation. This study aimed at determining the effect of different colors of glittered nail polish on SpO(2) in healthy students. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a randomized clinical trial on 30 healthy students with SpO(2) ≥95% and without any complications on nail beds and environmental perfusion. SpO(2) was measured on 10 fingers of the participants after sitting and resting on a seat for 10 min in a room with normal temperature. Then they were asked to apply 10 colors of glittered nail polish randomly to their fingernails as all colors were used. After drying the two-layer nail polish, SpO(2) was measured again. RESULTS: Of 10 glittered nail-polishes, dark green and purple did not change SpO(2) reading significantly. All other colors lowered SpO(2) significantly based on Wilcoxon test (red: p = 0.003; orange: p = 0.002; yellow: p = 0.015; pink: p = 0.017; dark blue: p = 0.001; violet: p = 0.001; brown: p = 0.001; black: p = 0.001). However, those changes were not clinically significant because SpO(2) differences before and after nail polish were in acceptable range (less than a 2% change). CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that different colors of glittered nail polishes do not result in a clinically significant change in pulse oximetry measurements in healthy subjects; therefore, it is not necessary to remove the glittered nail polish routinely in clinical, surgical, and emergency settings. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6298168/ /pubmed/30622574 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijnmr.IJNMR_176_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_sort effect of glittered nail polish on pulse oximetry measurements in healthy subjects
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6298168/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30622574
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijnmr.IJNMR_176_17
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