Use of heparinized versus non-heparinized syringes for measurements of the pleural fluid pH

Respiration

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 659-662

  Bou Khalil, Pierre K ^a   Jamaleddine, Ghassan W ^a   Debek, Ali H ^a   El Khatib, Mohamad F ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Heparinized syringes; Non heparinized syringes; Pleural fluid pH measurements

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS ANALYSIS PARAMETERS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PH MEASUREMENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SYRINGE; THORACOCENTESIS;

ANTICOAGULANTS; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARACENTESIS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; SYRINGES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 36448973446     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000106844     Document Type: Article

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