Fraction of Expired Oxygen: An Additional Safety Approach to Monitor Oxygen Delivery to The Heart Lung Machine Oxygenator
Monitoring the FEO2 is a more reliable way to verify O2 delivery to an oxygenator. An alarm can be set on the FEO2 monitor to alert the perfusionist if the FEO2 falls below a predetermined threshold so any issue with O2 delivery will always be recognized.