Instrumental variability of respiratory blood gases among different blood gas analysers in different laboratories

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1341-1344

  Kampelmacher, M J ^a   Van Kesteren, R G ^a   Winckers, E K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood gas analysis; Reproducibility; Respiratory; Tonometry; Variability

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG DIFFUSION; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TONOMETRY;

BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030974635     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.97.10061341     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Nocturnal Oxygen Therapy Trial Group. Continuous or nocturnal oxygen therapy in hypoxemic chronic obstructive lung disease: a clinical trial. Ann Intern Med 1980; 93: 391-398.
2. 2 >60 mmHg with and without nocturnal oxyhemoglobin desaturation. Chest 1992; 101: 649-655.
3. Selinger SR, Kennedy TP, Buescher P, et al. Effects of removing oxygen from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am Rev Respir Dis 1987; 136: 85-91.
4. Ström K, Pehrsson K, Boe J, Nachemson A. Survival of patients with severe thoracic spine deformities receiving domiciliary oxygen therapy. Chest 1992; 102: 164-168.
5. Bardsley PA, Howard P, Tang O, et al. Sequential treatment with low-dose almitrine bismesylate in hypoxaemic chronic obstructive airways disease. Eur Respir J 1992; 5: 1054-1061.
6. O'Donohue W Jr. Effects of oxygen therapy on increasing arterial oxygen tension in hypoxemic patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease while breathing ambient air. Chest 1991; 100: 968-972.
7. 2 measurements using tonometered human blood. Am Rev Respir Dis 1993; 147: 1354-1359.
8. 2. Chest 1988; 94: 49-54.
9. Van Kessel AL, Eichhorn JH, Clausen JL, Stone ME, Rotman HH, Crapo RO. Interinstrument comparison of blood gas analyzers and assessment of tonometry using fresh heparinized whole human blood. Chest 1987; 92: 418-422.
10. Hansen JE, Casaburi R, Crapo RO, Jensen RL. Assessing precision and accuracy in blood gas proficiency testing. Am Rev Respir Dis 1990; 141: 1190-1193.
11. Hansen JE, Stone ME, Ong ST, Van Kessel AL. Evaluation of blood gas quality control and proficiency testing materials by tonometry. Am Rev Respir Dis 1982; 125: 480-483.
12. Sutt-Corbet B, Fonzi C. Instrumental biases in blood gas analysis of tonometered whole blood. Clin Chem 1982; 28: 550-552.
13. Teng Leary E, Delaney CJ, Kenny MA. Use of equilibrated blood for internal blood-gas quality control. Clin Chem 1977; 23: 493-503.
14. Hansen JE, Jensen RL, Casaburi R, Crapo RO. Comparison of blood gas analyzer biases in measuring tonometered blood and a fluorocarbon-containing, proficiency-testing material. Am Rev Respir Dis 1989; 140: 403-409.
15. Kofstad J. A comparison of four different blood gas analysers. Scand J Clin Lab Invest 1981; 41: 409-414.
16. Bageant RA. Variations in arterial blood gas measurements due to sampling techniques. Respir Care 1975; 20: 565-570.
17. Madiedo G, Sciacca R, Hause L. Air bubbles and temperature effect on blood gas analysis. J Clin Pathol 1980; 33: 854-867.
18. Ishikawa S, Fornier A, Borst C, Segal MS. The effects of air bubbles and time delay on blood gas analysis. Ann Allergy 1974; 33: 72-77.
19. Mahoney JJ, Harvey JA, Wong RJ, Van Kessel AL. Changes in oxygen measurements when whole blood is stored in iced plastic or glass syringes. Clin Chem 1991; 37: 1244-1248.
20. 2 and pH in heparinized whole blood samples: influence of storage temperature with regard to leukocyte count and syringe material. Eur J Clin Chem Clin Biochem 1992; 30: 767-773.
21. Hess CE, Nichols AB, Hunt WB, Suratt PM. Pseudohypoxemia secondary to leukemia and thrombocytosis. N Engl J Med 1979; 301: 361-363.
22. Madiedo G, Sciacca R, Hause L, Sasse E. Use of syringes containing dry (lyophilized) heparin in sampling blood for pH measurement and blood-gas analysis. Clin Chem 1982; 28: 1727-1729.
23. Hutchison AS, Ralston SH, Dryburgh FJ, Small M, Fogelman I. Too much heparin: possible source of error in blood gas analysis. Br Med J 1983; 287: 1131-1132.
24. 2 between arterial and arterialized earlobe samples. Eur Respir J 1996; 9: 186-189.
25. Muller-Plathe O, Heyduck S. Stability of blood gases, electrolytes and haemoglobin in heparinized whole blood samples: influence of the type of syringe. Eur J Clin Chem Clin Biochem 1992; 30: 349-355.
26. Biswas CK, Ramos JM, Agroyannis B, Kerr DNS. Blood gas analysis: effect of air bubbles in syringe and delay in estimation. Br Med J 1982; 284; 923-927.