Analytical evaluation of the epoc® point-of-care blood analysis system in cardiopulmonary bypass patients

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 708-712

  Chen, Jianing ^a,b   Gorman, Monique ^c   O'Reilly, Bill ^c   Chen, Yu ^a,d  

^a Horizon Health Network   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c SAINT JOHN REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood gas analysis; Cardiac surgery; Comparison study; Epoc ; Method evaluation; Point of care testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD GAS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD GAS ANALYZER; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; HEART PERFUSION; PH; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; ANALYSIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; POINT-OF-CARE TESTING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84958281103     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2015.12.015     Document Type: Article

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