Chapter 6, Problem 1CAQ2

Summary Introduction

To review:

The oxygen transport studies that verified the patient’s PaO₂ and SaO₂ values were misleading in the given case.

Introduction:

SaO₂ is defined as the amount of haemoglobin that is saturated with oxygen and PaO₂ is defined as the pressure of oxygen in the arterial blood. The oxygen transport study gives us information about the total oxygen delivery (${\text{D}}_{\text{o2}}$), oxygen consumption (${\text{V}}_{\text{o2}}$) and oxygen extraction ratio (${\text{O}}_{\text{2}}\text{ER}$).

Please refer to Clinical Application Case-1 for further information.