Laboratory testing during critical care transport: Point-of-care testing in air ambulances

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 955-961

  Di Serio, Francesca ^a   Petronelli, Maria Antonia ^a   Sammartino, Eugenio ^b  

^a POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b ASL Foggia   (Italy)

Author keywords

air ambulance; arterial blood gas; critical care transport; i STAT; point of care testing (POCT); SWOT analysis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

AMBULANCE; ARTERIAL GAS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HEMATOCRIT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AIR AMBULANCES; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRITICAL CARE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 77954227794     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2010.190     Document Type: Review

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