2006-10-16 06:58:33 · 4 answers · asked by the911callgirl 3 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
nope, PO2 and PCO2 are presssures of O2 and CO2 in the blood, the saturation is SaO2, good luck
2006-10-16 07:05:33 · answer #1 · answered by HK3738 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PO2 is the percent of oxygen in circulating blood, same for PCO2 which is percent of carbon dioxide.
2006-10-16 07:02:51 · answer #2 · answered by Tulip 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These can be arterial blood gases blood is taken from an artery to establish if someone is well oxygenated and to asses the amount of carbon dioxide within the blood stream they are usually used to asses if gases exchanges are within the normal range
2006-10-16 07:05:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
partial oxygen sat value and partial carbon dioxide sat value
2006-10-16 07:03:12 · answer #4 · answered by TEECEE 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋