title: [Continuous blood gas monitoring in intensive care units].
abstract: The measurement of O2 and CO2 transport in the arterial and venous mixed blood constitutes the intersection between haemodynamic data and expiratory-inspiratory gases. The arterial-venous difference in O2 (a-v-DO2) and the venous arterial difference in CO2 (v-a-DCO2) calculated from the data of PA, PO2, PCO2 (read by an ABL4 Radiometer) revealed a close correlation with a a-v-DO2 measured directly by means of the LEXO2 (r = 0.99) or with VCO2 measured in expired gases by a capnograph (r = 0.99). In heart surgery the "on-line" monitoring of VCO2, a-v-DO2 and related parameters (REE = Resting Energy Expenditure) in the operating room and in ICU by means of a PDMS (Patients Data Management System) provides very useful information which, when integrated with haemodynamic parameters, allows a better understanding and better care of critical patients.
authors.affiliation: Istituti di Anestesia e Rianimazione, Università degli Studi di Siena, Italie.
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Giomarelli
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Biagioli
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sassi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Spinelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grossi
mesh_terms: D001785:Blood Gas Monitoring, Transcutaneous / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted
vernacular_title: Mesure en continu des gaz du sang en unité de soins intensifs.