Oxygen Content

**Oxygen Content**
Input Hemoglobin (gm/dl)
Input S_aO₂ (%)
Input P_aO₂(torr)



Oxygen Content	=

The equation is:

C_aO₂ = 1.36 * Hgb *	S_aO₂	+ 0.0031 * P_aO₂

	100

The constant, 1.36, is the amount of oxygen (ml at 1 atmosphere) bound per gram of hemoglobin. The exact value of this constant varies from 1.34 to 1.39, depending on the reference and the way it is derived. The constant 0.0031 represents the amount of oxygen dissolved in plasma at 1 atmosphere. The dissolved oxygen term generally can be ignored, but becomes significant at high pressures -- as in a hyperbaric chamber.