A pulse oximeter model linking arterial (SaO2) and peripheral (SpO2) oxygen saturation is the terminal part of a mathematical neonatal transport. Previous studies have confirmed overestimation measured by oximetry in neonates compared to large variability values over time caused measurement inaccuracies. This work aimed determine SpO2 noise that affects biased value at each point integrate desc...

AIMS To describe the range of central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2) values in stable newborn infants breathing room air; to examine the correlation between ScvO2 and arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2); to describe fractional oxygen extraction; and the shunt index, an estimate of the venous admixture. METHODS A prospective clinical observational study was made of 10 preterm infants breathing...

BACKGROUND Physicians caring for newborns and infants residing at or traveling to moderate altitude have little information available about the normal range for arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) measured by pulse oximetry. To aid clinicians in making rational decisions about the oxygen status of children at moderate altitude, we measured SaO2 in newborns and infants who came to two family pract...

The relations between mean and maximum fall in arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) during sleep, hypoxaemia during moderate and maximum exercise, and lung mechanics were studied in 16 patients with interstitial lung disease. Mean and minimum SaO2 during sleep were significantly related to each other and to daytime oxygenation but not to lung mechanics. Although the maximum fall in SaO2 during sle...

BACKGROUND Spurious hypoxemia has been described in case reports during extreme hyperleukocytosis and has led to recommendations for immediate cooling and analysis of arterial blood gases (ABGs). We sought to determine, in samples processed as recommended, the magnitude of spurious hypoxemia in acute leukemia subjects with hyperleukocytosis. METHODS A retrospective chart review was conducted ...

BACKGROUND Hemodynamic stability after Norwood palliation often requires manipulation of pulmonary vascular resistance to alter the pulmonary-to-systemic blood flow ratio (Qp:Qs). Qp:Qs is often estimated from arterial saturation (SaO2), a practice based on 2 untested assumptions: constant systemic arteriovenous O2 difference and normal pulmonary venous saturation. METHODS AND RESULTS In 12 p...

OBJECTIVE To determine reference values for oxygen saturation (Sao2) in healthy children younger than 5 years living at high altitude. DESIGN One hundred and sixty eight children were examined for Sao2 at 4018 m during well child visits. Physiological state was also noted during the examination. RESULTS The mean Sao2 was 87.3% (95% confidence intervals (CI) 86.7%, 87.9%) with a median value...

Arterial oxygen saturation values (Sao2) from 60% to 98% were measured by the Ohmeda 3700 pulse oximeter with the three types of probe available and compared with values of oxygen saturation estimated from direct arterial sampling (arterial oxygen and carbon dioxide tensions and pH) on 65 occasions. The response time of the oximeter was measured after a sudden rise in inspired oxygen concentrat...

Patients with IPD often develop oxygen desaturation during sleep. We investigated whether or not the degree of falls in SaO2 during sleep were correlated with the daytime data of pulmonary function tests, arterial blood gas tensions, or ventilatory responses to chemical stimuli. Fourteen patients with IPD who had restrictive ventilatory impairment were studied to evaluate these relationships. T...