Chiron 800 system CO-oximeter module overestimates methemoglobin concentrations in neonatal samples containing fetal hemoglobin

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1569-1570

  Lynch, Patrick L M ^a   Bruns, David E ^a   Boyd, James C ^a   Savory, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F; METHEMOGLOBIN; NITRIC OXIDE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; NEWBORN PERIOD; OXIMETRY; PATIENT MONITORING; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

CHIRON;

EID: 0031831790     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/44.7.1569     Document Type: Article

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