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An ABG test measures the blood gas tension values of the arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2), and the arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2), and the blood's pH. In addition, the arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) can be determined. Such information is vital when caring for patients with critical illnesses or respiratory disease.
Dissolved oxygen levels required by various species in the Chesapeake Bay (US). In aquatic environments, oxygen saturation is a ratio of the concentration of "dissolved oxygen" (DO, O 2), to the maximum amount of oxygen that will dissolve in that water body, at the temperature and pressure which constitute stable equilibrium conditions.
Arterial blood oxygen tension (normal) P a O 2 – Partial pressure of oxygen at sea level (160 mmHg (21.3 kPa) in the atmosphere, 21% of the standard atmospheric pressure of 760 mmHg (101 kPa)) in arterial blood is between 75 and 100 mmHg (10.0 and 13.3 kPa).
The alveolar gas equation is the method for calculating partial pressure of alveolar oxygen (p A O 2).The equation is used in assessing if the lungs are properly transferring oxygen into the blood.
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]
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In a perfect system, no A-a gradient would exist: oxygen would diffuse and equalize across the capillary membrane, and the pressures in the arterial system and alveoli would be effectively equal (resulting in an A-a gradient of zero). [2]
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