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. 2021 Oct 23;57(12):757–763. doi: 10.1016/j.arbr.2021.10.010

Table 3.

Comparison between hemoglobin saturation measured by oximetry and calculated with the different prediction equations.

a) Arterial blood Historical control group Synchronous control group Covid-19 patients
Measured SaO2 (%) 94.4 ± 4.9 94.8 ± 4.1 95.0 ± 3.9
SaO2 Kelman (%) 94.5 ± 5.0 94.9 ± 4.2 95.0 ± 3.8
ICC vs. Measured SaO2 0.989 [0.988−0.990] 0.991 [0.988−0.993] 0.993 [0.991−0.994]
SaO2 Kelman (%) 94.5 ± 5.1 95.0 ± 4.1 95.0 ± 4.0
ICC vs. Measured SaO2 0.987 [0.986−0.988] 0.990 [0.987−0.993] 0.992 [0.991−0.993]
SaO2 Siggaard-Andersen (%) 94.4 ± 5.0 94.8 ± 4.1 94.8 ± 3.9
ICC vs. Measured SaO2 0.987 [0.986−0.988] 0.991 [0.988−0.993] 0.992 [0.990−0.994]
b) Venous blood Historical control group Synchronous control group Covid-19 patients
Measured SaO2 (%) 60.3 ± 17.9 60.1 ± 18.0 61.6 ± 18.8
SaO2 Kelman (%) 60.0 ± 17.4 59.5 ± 17.3 61.1 ± 18.2
ICC vs. measured SaO2 0.991 [0.990−0.991] 0.990 [0.988−0.991] 0.995 [0.994−0.996]
SaO2 Severinghaus (%) 60.1 ± 18.2 59.6 ± 18.1 61.4 ± 19.0
ICC vs. measured SvO2 SvO2 0.990 [0.989−0.990] 0.989 [0.987−0.990] 0.995 [0.994−0.996]
Siggaard-Andersen (%) 60.2 ± 18.2 59.6 ± 18.1 61.4 ± 19.0
ICC vs. measured SaO2 0.990 [0.989−0.990] 0.989 [0.987−0.990] 0.995 [0.994−0.996]

ICC: intraclass correlation coefficient; SaO2: oxygen saturation in arterial blood; SvO2: oxygen saturation in venous blood.