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  2. Pulse oximetry - Wikipedia

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    A pulse oximeter probe applied to a person's finger. A pulse oximeter is a medical device that indirectly monitors the oxygen saturation of a patient's blood (as opposed to measuring oxygen saturation directly through a blood sample) and changes in blood volume in the skin, producing a photoplethysmogram that may be further processed into other measurements. [4]

  3. Oxygen saturation (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Venous oxygen saturation (SvO 2) is the percentage of oxygenated hemoglobin returning to the right side of the heart. It can be measured to see if oxygen delivery meets the tissues' demands. SvO 2 typically varies between 60% and 80%. [9] A lower value indicates that the body is in lack of oxygen, and ischemic diseases occur.

  4. Alveolar–arterial gradient - Wikipedia

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    2, [1] or A–a gradient), is a measure of the difference between the alveolar concentration (A) of oxygen and the arterial (a) concentration of oxygen. It is a useful parameter for narrowing the differential diagnosis of hypoxemia. [2] The A–a gradient helps to assess the integrity of the alveolar capillary unit.

  5. Isotopes of oxygen - Wikipedia

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    Temperatures on the order of 10 9 kelvins are needed to fuse oxygen into sulfur. [11] An atomic mass of 16 was assigned to oxygen prior to the definition of the unified atomic mass unit based on 12 C. [12] Since physicists referred to 16 O only, while chemists meant the natural mix of isotopes, this led to slightly different mass scales.

  6. VO2 max - Wikipedia

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    V̇O 2 max (also maximal oxygen consumption, maximal oxygen uptake or maximal aerobic capacity) is the maximum rate of oxygen consumption attainable during physical exertion. [1] [2] The name is derived from three abbreviations: "V̇" for volume (the dot over the V indicates "per unit of time" in Newton's notation), "O 2" for oxygen, and "max" for maximum and usually normalized per kilogram of ...

  7. Calcium peroxide - Wikipedia

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    ca(oh) 2 + h 2 o 2 → cao 2 + 2 h 2 o The octahydrate precipitates upon the reaction of calcium hydroxide with dilute hydrogen peroxide . Upon heating it dehydrates.

  8. Double bond - Wikipedia

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    In ethylene each carbon atom has three sp 2 orbitals and one p-orbital. The three sp 2 orbitals lie in a plane with ~120° angles. The p-orbital is perpendicular to this plane. When the carbon atoms approach each other, two of the sp 2 orbitals overlap to form a sigma bond.

  9. Monoisotopic mass - Wikipedia

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    Monoisotopic mass (M mi) is one of several types of molecular masses used in mass spectrometry. The theoretical monoisotopic mass of a molecule is computed by taking the sum of the accurate masses (including mass defect) of the most abundant naturally occurring stable isotope of each atom in the molecule.