Sending blood gas specimens through pressurized transport tube systems exaggerates the error in oxygen tension measurements created by the presence of air bubbles.
McKane
M H
MH
Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
Southorn
P A
PA
Santrach
P J
PJ
Burritt
M F
MF
Plevak
D J
DJ
D000388:Air; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007440:Intubation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood*; D010313:Partial Pressure; D011312:Pressure
D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen