The aim of this project is to test the accuracy of pulse oximeters (devices intended to measure oxygen saturation in blood noninvasively) during mild, moderate and severe hypoxia (a lower-than-normal concentration of oxygen in arterial blood); ie, a range of arterial HbO2 saturations from 100 to down to 70%. This is done by comparing the reading of the pulse oximeter during brief, steady state hypoxia with a gold-standard measurement of blood oxyhemoglobin (hemoglobin carrying oxygen) saturation, that is arterial blood sample processed in a laboratory.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
12
MyHomeDoc device SpO2 measurements and parallel blood gas analysis to determine oxyhemoglobin saturation (SaO2) using an ABL-90 multi-wavelength oximeter.
Hypoxia Research Laboratory Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care University of California
San Francisco, California, United States
Saturation level measurement
Induction of hypoxia by having subjects breathe mixtures of nitrogen, room air, and carbon dioxide to allow measurement of oxyhemoglobin saturation between 70-100%. Each plateau level of oxyhemoglobin saturation was maintained for at least 30 seconds or until reference pulse oximeters readings were stable
Time frame: 1 hour
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