Effects of syringe material, sample storage time, and temperature on blood gases and oxygen saturation in arterialized human blood samples

Respiratory Care

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 732-736

  Knowles, Thomas P ^a   Mullin, Rory A ^a   Hunter, Jefferson A ^b   Douce, F Herbert ^c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood gas analysis; Blood specimen collection; Glass; Plastics; Specimen handling; Syringes; Temperature; Time factors

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; GLASS; PLASTIC;

ACCURACY; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALIBRATION; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PH MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STORAGE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; SYRINGE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD STORAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; GLASS; HUMANS; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PLASTICS; SYRINGES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750895078     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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