Transport of blood gas samples: Is the pneumatic tube system safe?;Transport von blutgasproben: Ist die rohrpost sicher?

Anaesthesist

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1099-1104

  Zanner, R ^a   Moser, N ^a   Blobner, M ^a   Luppa, P B ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artefacts; Blood gas analysis; Point of care testing; Samples

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; GAS TRANSPORT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; SAFETY; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUBE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTROLYTES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; OPERATING ROOMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 33750332586     PISSN: 00032417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00101-006-1069-5     Document Type: Article

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