The effects of time delay and temperature on capillary blood gas measurements

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 794-797

  Dent, R G ^a   Boniface, D R ^b   Fyffe, J ^a   Yousef, Z ^c  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

EID: 0032751085     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(99)90264-0     Document Type: Article

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