Pulse Oximetry Glossary
These terms are frequently used in the field of pulse oximetry.
| Hemoglobin / Haemoglobin(Hb) | The iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein in the red blood cells of the blood in vertebrates, consisting of about 6 percent heme and 94 percent globin. |
| Oximeter | A device for measuring the oxygen saturation of arterial blood. |
| Oxyhemoglobin / Oxyhaemoglobin | Oxyhemoglobin is formed during respiration when oxygen binds to the heme component of the protein hemoglobin in red blood cells. |
| PaCO2 | Arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide |
| PaO2 | Arterial partial pressure of oxygen |
| Pulse Oximeter | A medical device that non-invasively measures the oxygen saturation in a patient's blood and changes in blood volume in the skin by employing a pair of small light-emitting diodes facing a photodiode through a translucent part of the patient's body, usually fingertip or earlobe. See Working principles for fingertip pulse oximeter for details. |
| SpO2 | Blood oxygen saturation |
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