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3/18/2013<br />

Mixed venous O2 saturation:<br />

• Phlamm Equation: Mixed venous saturation<br />

used <strong>to</strong> normalize for differences in blood<br />

saturations that enter RA<br />

Mixed venous saturation =<br />

3 (SVC) + IVC<br />

4<br />

Baim DS: Grossman’s Cardiac Catheterization, Angiography, <strong>and</strong> Intervention. 7 th Edition. Lippincot Williams<br />

<strong>and</strong> Wilkins, 2007.<br />

• For pediatric catheterization, we<br />

most often express the indexed flow<br />

(<strong>to</strong> BSA), distinguishing between<br />

cardiac output (CO; L/min) <strong>and</strong><br />

cardiac index (Qs; L/min/m2).<br />

Because the VO2 tables are usually<br />

indexed.<br />

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