Horowitz index

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

The ratio was first suggested in a 1974 paper by Joel H. Horovitz et al.[1][2] The reason for the spelling with w is unclear.

Noun[edit]

Horowitz index (plural Horowitz indexes or Horowitz indices)

  1. (medicine, pulmonology) An assessment of lung function; the ratio of partial pressure of oxygen in blood (PaO2), and the fraction of oxygen in the inhaled air (FiO2).

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Joel H. Horovitz, Charles J. Carrico and G. Tom Shires (1974 March) “Pulmonary Response to Major Injury”, in Archives of Surgery‎[1], volume 108, number 3, pages 349-355
  2. ^ John R. Feiner, Richard B. Weiskopf (2017) “Evaluating Pulmonary Function: An Assessment of PaO2/FiO2”, in Critical Care Medicine, volume 45, number 1, →DOI, page e40-e48
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