P aO2 / F IO2 ratio: the mismeasure of oxygenation in COVID-19

Martin J Tobin; Amal Jubran; Franco Laghi

doi:10.1183/13993003.00274-2021

P _aO₂ / F _IO₂ ratio: the mismeasure of oxygenation in COVID-19

Eur Respir J. 2021 Mar 25;57(3):2100274. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00274-2021. Print 2021 Mar.

Authors

Martin J Tobin¹, Amal Jubran¹, Franco Laghi¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Hines Veterans Affairs Hospital and Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Hines, IL, USA.

Abstract

P_aO₂ is the most precise measurement of patient oxygenation in COVID-19, but its accuracy is corrupted when communicated as P_aO₂/F_IO₂ ratio https://bit.ly/3tNipTJ

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Comment

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Humans
Intubation, Intratracheal
Positive-Pressure Respiration
Respiratory Physiological Phenomena
SARS-CoV-2

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