Blood gas measurement during exercise: A comparative study between arterialized earlobe sampling and direct arterial puncture in adults

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 712-715

  Fajac, I ^a   Texereau, J ^a   Rivoal, V ^a   Dessanges, J F ^a   Dinh Xuan, A T ^a   Dall'Ava Santucci, J ^a  

^a René Descartes University ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Arterialized earlobe blood gas; Exercise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; EAR LOBE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; EAR, EXTERNAL; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUNCTURES; RADIAL ARTERY;

EID: 0031949540     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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