Category
oxygenation
parameters
a-v study
parameters
38
Parameter
alveolar-arterial oxygen
tension difference;
pO
(A-a)(T)
2
arterial-alveolar oxygen
tension ratio; pO
(a/A)(T)
2
physiologic shunt; Qsp/
†
Qt(T)
estimated physiologic
shunt; Qsp/Qt(T)est
estimated oxygen
saturation; O2SAT(est)
hematocrit, Hct
†
estimated total
hemoglobin; ctHb(est)
pO
/F
O
2
I
2
calcium adjusted for pH
++
7.4; Ca
(7.4)
anion gap; AnGap
arterial-venous oxygen
content difference;
†
ctO
(a-v)
2
arterial oxygen content;
†
ctO
(a)
2
mixed venous oxygen
†
content; ctO
(v)
2
oxygen consumption rate;
†
VO
2
oxygen delivery; DO
a-v extraction index;
†
ctO
([a-v]/a)
2
Description
an index of gas exchange within the
lungs
an index of oxygenation
percent of blood that does not
participate in external respiration
estimated value for the percent of
†
blood that does not participate in
external respiration
the ratio of the volume of oxygen
carried to the maximum volume of
oxygen that the hemoglobin can carry
an calculated value determined from
the total hemoglobin value
an estimation of the hemoglobin
contained in the sample
the ratio of arterial pO
inspired oxygen
the ionized calcium concentration of
blood normalized to pH 7.4
an approximation of the difference
between unmeasured cations and
unmeasured anions in the sample
the difference between arterial and
venous blood oxygen content
the oxygen content of arterial blood
the oxygen content of mixed venous
(pulmonary artery) blood
the volume of oxygen consumed by
the body per minute
†
the volume of oxygen that is
2
transported to the tissues per minute
the arterial-venous oxygen content
difference as a percent of arterial
oxygen content
to the fraction of
2
Rev. C