Table 2.
Performance of pulse oximeters compared with arterial blood gas (using the metrics: mean bias, root mean square difference and mean absolute error)
| All measurements including outliers | Excluding outliers* | ||||
| Mean bias (±SD) | ARMS (%) | MAE (%) | ARMS (%) | MAE (%) | |
| AFAC FS10D | −2.6±4.4 | 5.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 2.5 |
| AGPTEK FS10C | −2.2±4.0 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.3 |
| ANAPULSE ANP 100 | −4.8±5.9 | 7.5 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 4.4 |
| Cocobear | −3.7±5.1 | 6.2 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.4 |
| Contec CMS50D1 | −0.6±4.5 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.0 |
| HYLOGY MD-H37 | −3.1±4.9 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 2.8 |
| Mommed YM101 | −1.7±3.6 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 1.9 |
| PRCMISEMED F4 PRO | −2.4±6.4 | 6.8 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.6 |
| PULOX-PO-200 | −1.6±3.8 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| Zacurate Pro Series 500 DL | −1.4±4.5 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
*Only values within the limits of agreement (within 1.96 SD).
ARMS, root mean square difference; MAE, mean absolute error.