Effects of four different methods of sampling arterial blood and storage time on gas tensions and shunt calculation in the 100% oxygen test

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 910-913

  Smeenk, F W J M ^a   Janssen, J D J ^a   Arends, B J ^a   Harff, G A ^a   Van Den Bosch, J A ^a   Schonberger J P A M ^a   Postmus, P E ^b  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

100 oxygen tests; Blood gas analysis; Oxygen; Polypropylene; Specimen handling; Syringes

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; STORAGE; SYRINGE;

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; GLASS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLASTICS; SYRINGES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030937799     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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