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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 22.
Published in final edited form as: Anesth Analg. 2013 Mar 11;117(4):847–858. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31828610a0

Table 3.

SpCO Missing Reading Summary

COHb Range SaO2 Range
75% – 80% 80% – 85% 85% – 95% 95% – 100% 75% – 100%
0% – 2% 48/48 (100%) 36/38 (94.7%) 44/78 (56.4%) 31/54 (57.4%) 159/218 (72.9%)
2% – 4% N/A N/A N/A 5/18 (27.8%) 5/18 (27.8%)
4% – 6% N/A N/A N/A 1/26 (3.8%) 1/26 (3.8%)
6% – 8% N/A N/A N/A 0/18 (0%) 0/18 (0%)
8% – 10% N/A 4/4 (100%) 5/8 (62.5%) 0/34 (0%) 9/46 (19.6%)
10% – 12% 40/40 (100%) 32/32 (100%) 23/74 (31.1%) 0/50 (0%) 95/196 (48.5%)

0% – 12% 88/88 (100%) 72/74 (97.3%) 72/160 (45.0%) 37/200 (18.5%) 269/522 (51.5%)

Data are the number missing/total (%). Data combine both Rainbow devices

SpCO, pulse oximeter measured carboxyhemoglobin percentage; SaO2, measured blood arterial oxygen saturation; COHb, measured arterial carboxyhemoglobin percentage; N/A, not applicable