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<onlyinclude>PO2 is the partial pressure of oxygen in the patient's arterial blood. It is an element of the [[:Category: ABG|Arterial Blood Gases]]. <onlyinclude> | |||
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It is an element of the [[:Category: ABG|Arterial Blood Gases]]. | |||
PO2 and PaO2 are used interchangeably in the context of the Critical Care and Medicine Data. | |||
If FiO2 is | *If FiO2 is < =49 % or less then choose the '''worst''' PaO2 from any of the blood gases collected according to [[Apache II General Collection Guidelines]]. | ||
*If FiO2 is >= 50% then choose the worst [[AaDO2]] | |||
===see also=== | |||
*See [[APACHE Scoring table]] | *See [[APACHE Scoring table]] | ||
*See [[FiO2]] table | *See [[FiO2]] table | ||
[[Category: ABG]] | [[Category: ABG]] | ||
Revision as of 16:07, 2016 August 15
PO2 is the partial pressure of oxygen in the patient's arterial blood. It is an element of the Arterial Blood Gases.
PO2 and PaO2 are used interchangeably in the context of the Critical Care and Medicine Data.
- If FiO2 is < =49 % or less then choose the worst PaO2 from any of the blood gases collected according to Apache II General Collection Guidelines.
- If FiO2 is >= 50% then choose the worst AaDO2
see also
- See APACHE Scoring table
- See FiO2 table