PulmCrit- Top 10 reasons pulse oximetry beats ABG for assessing oxygenation

What does it mean if PaO2 and oxygen saturation seem to disagree? Do we need to measure an ABG if the oxygen saturation waveform is adequate? What is the best way to measure oxygenation?

EMCrit by Josh Farkas.

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