Be cautious during the interpretation of arterial blood gas analysis performed outside the intensive care unit.

CONCLUSIONS: Differences between POCT and CL results in ABG analysis may be clinically important and cause misdiagnosis, especially for pO2. POCT should be advised for ABG analysis due to the impact of TAT, which seems to be the most important for the analysis of pH. PMID: 32940447 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Acta Biochim Pol - Category: Biochemistry Authors: Tags: Acta Biochim Pol Source Type: research