We evaluated the accuracy and speed of response of a newly available, lightweight, and
relatively inexpensive ear oximeter (Biox II oximeter). The instrument was compared with …

Since THE INTRODUCTION of the Van Slyke-Neil1 apparatus, it has been possible to
measure the oxygen content of blood with a high degree of accuracy and reliability. There …

In 1896 Haldane and Smith pointed out a source of error in gas-tonometric experiments on
blood, arising from the fact, that a certain amount of oxygen is used up and a corresponding …

THE measurement of the oxygen in the mixed venous blood is of interest, since it forms the
basis of the" Coefficient of Utilisation"(Krrogh) and also because the deficit in oxygen …

A method published by Brinkman and Zijlstra is referred to, by which it is possible to
determine the degree of oxygenation of blood samples in vitro. By this method the fact is …

METHODS Reagent solution. The reagent solution which was utilized to release the 02 from
the blood was the same as that of the Van Slyke-Neil1 method. Potassium ferricyanide(3.2 …

Change is upon us. On rounds of teaching hospitals around the country, an evolution has
occurred in the way residents and students present the cases of patients-the addition of …

A catheter tip oximeter is described consisting of a cardiac catheter containing optical fibers,
an incandescent light source, a light detection unit and a processing unit. Half of the optical …

During World War II, a young physiologist named Glenn Allen Millikan developed a light-
weight optical device which, when placed upon the earlobe, could provide a noninvasive …