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).

Alternative forms
  • Horowitz ratio
  • Horowitz quotient
  • Horowitz number
  • Horowitz

Synonyms

References
  1. Joel H. Horovitz, Charles J. Carrico and G. Tom Shires (March 1974), “Pulmonary Response to Major Injury”, in Archives of Surgery‎, volume 108, issue 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, issue 1, →DOI, pages e40-e48
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