Is pH paper an acceptable, low-cost alternative to the blood gas analyzer for determining pleural fluid pH?

Chest

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1291-1292

  Lesho, Emil P ^a,b   Roth, Bernard J ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Box 394 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Blood gas analyzer; pH paper; Pleural fluid pH

Indexed keywords

ANALYZER; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOCENTESIS;

EID: 0030701974     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.112.5.1291     Document Type: Article

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