Near-patient testing of potassium levels using arterial blood gas analysers: Can we trust these results?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 510-513

  Jose R J P ^a   Preller, J ^b  

^a BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

ANALYZER; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ARTERIES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; POTASSIUM;

EID: 49449109301     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.053322     Document Type: Article

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