Oxygen saturation in intraosseous sternal blood measured by CO-oximetry and evaluated non-invasively during hypovolaemia and hypoxia – a porcine experimental study

Conclusion: Sternal blood has an oxygen saturation suggesting a mixture of venous and arterial blood. Changes in SsO2 relate well with changes in SvO2 during hypovolaemia or hypoxia. Further studies on the feasibility of using non-invasive measurement of changes in SsO2 to estimate changes in SvO2 are warranted.
Source: Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing - Category: Information Technology Source Type: research