Horowitz index

English

Etymology

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

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).

Synonyms

References
  1. Joel H. Horovitz, Charles J. Carrico and G. Tom Shires (1974 March) “Pulmonary Response to Major Injury”, in Archives of Surgery‎, 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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