Capillary blood gases in acute exacerbations of COPD

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 682-686

  Murphy, Ross ^a   Thethy, Sanjeet ^a   Raby, Simon ^a   Beckley, Jean ^a   Terrace, John ^a   Fiddler, Christine ^a   Craig, Michelle ^a   Robertson, Colin ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute exacerbation; Capillary blood gases; COPD

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; PROTON;

ACCURACY; ACUTE DISEASE; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CAPILLARIES; EAR; HUMANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RADIAL ARTERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33344461275     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.08.007     Document Type: Article

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