Cost: Benefit of Point-of-Care Blood Gas Analysis vs. Laboratory Measurement during Stabilization Prior to Transport

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-28

  Macnab, Andrew J ^a,b,c,d   Grant, Greg ^a,b,c,d   Stevens, Kyle ^a,b,c,d   Gagnon, Faith ^a,b,c,d   Noble, Robert ^a,b,c,d   Sun, Charles ^a,b,c,d  

^a CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b St Paul's Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d BC Ambulance Service   (United States)

Author keywords

air medical transport; blood gas analysis; child and infant; cost:ben efit; point of care testing; stabilization; ventilator

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249116881     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00000649     Document Type: Article

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