Patient monitor User’s manual
Chapter 9-6
3. SpMet (Methemoglobin Saturation) value and unit;
4. PVI (Pleth Variability Index) value and unit;
5. SpHb (Total Hemoglobin) value and unit;
6. SpOC (Oxygen Content) value and unit;
7. PI (Perfusion Index) value and unit;
8. SpCO (Carboxyhemoglobin Saturation) value and unit.
a) Perfusion index (PI) : PI is a value that indicates arterial pulse signal
strength as the percentage of pulsatile signal to non-pulsatile signal. The
perfusion index allows clinicians to place sensors on optimal sites.
b) Carboxyhemoglobin Saturation (SpCO): SpCO is a value that represents the
percentage of carboxyhemoglobin saturation within the blood.
c) Methemoglobin Saturation (SpMet): SpMet is a value that represents the
percentage of methemoglobin saturation within the blood.
d) Pleth Variability Index (PVI): PVI is a measure of peripheral perfusion
changes secondary to respiration, or the PI amplitude modulation over a
respiration, and can be closely related to intrathoracic pressure changes.
e) Total Hemoglobin (SpHb): SpHb is a measure of the total hemoglobin
concentration in arterial blood.
f) Oxygen Content (SpOC): SpOC is a measure of the total oxygen content