HE SUGGESTIVE WORD'OXIMETER', universally employed after its introduction by Millikan
(164) in I 942, may well in itself have contributed to the widespread popularity of the …

From the IVth Medical Service of St. Erik's Hospital, Stockholm. In the study of tissue
metabolism and respiration, methods for rapid and convenient determinations of oxygen …

METHODS A. General. Twenty normal males between the ages of 18 and 63 served as
subjects; 12 were normal medical students and the remainder were ambulatory patients with …

METHODS Ear oximeters have a reputation for instability and inaccuracy, which is
reasonably well-deserved. The measurement of the absolute level of arterial oxygen …

A consistent set of definitions is given of the principal quantities pertaining to the oxygen
transport by the blood, and of their mutual relationships, in relation to the methods used in …

The Millikan type oximeter with automatic compensation for ear thickness has been tested
by chemical analysis of arterial blood drawn from subjects breathing a mixture of 8 per cent …

THE measurement of the blood oxygen tension is not as simple as the measurement of
oxygen content but improved techniques are now available and one such method will be …

IETE: K~ XXION of blood oxygen is a well-established procedure (I, 2). Methods employing
both hemolyzed and whole blood have been-described. Most of these have required …

An oximeter is described which differs in many ways from others now in use. The accuracy of
this instrument was found to be adequate for the clinical determination of the arterial oxygen …

Previously, calibration of whole blood oximeters required that an empirical relationship be
established between the manometric determinations of oxygen saturation and oximeter …