Venous vs arterial blood gases in the assessment of patients presenting with an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 896-900

  McCanny, Peter ^a   Bennett, Kath ^b   Staunton, Paul ^a   McMahon, Geraldine ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; BLOOD PH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS GAS;

AGED; ARTERIES; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; VEINS;

EID: 84863191042     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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