Measuring pleural fluid pH: High correlation of a handheld unit to a traditional tabletop blood gas analyzer

Chest

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1626-1629

  Kohn, G L ^a   Hardie, W D ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood gas machine; PH; PH meter; Pleural effusions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFANT; PH; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034541502     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.118.6.1626     Document Type: Article

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