Comparison of arterial and venous blood gases and the effects of analysis delay and air contamination on arterial samples in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and healthy controls

Respiration

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-25

  O'Connor, T M ^a   Barry, P J ^a   Jahangir, A ^a   Finn, C ^a   Buckley, B M ^a   El Gammal, A ^a  

^a MERCY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Arterial blood gases; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Venous blood gas

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AIR; ANALYSIS; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PH; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED ANALYSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS BLOOD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION; ARTERIES; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRELAND; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; VEINS;

EID: 78650514781     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000281879     Document Type: Article

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