Continuous clinical monitoring with ion-selective electrodes. A feasible or desirable objective?
Ion-selective electrodes have been developed for the continuous monitoring of blood cations and pH. The background to this development, technical requirements for these systems and possible advantages and disadvantages of their use are discussed.
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D000137:Acid-Base Imbalance / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004566:Electrodes; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008839:Microelectrodes; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012306:Risk; D014173:Transistors, Electronic