Total quality in blood gas analysis.
The critical nature of the clinical requirements when blood gas testing is ordered, coupled with the labile nature of the sample and rapidly changing patient conditions, make it imperative that the analyst be aware of more than just the analysis itself. This paper discusses the importance of the physiology of blood gas, the interpretation of basic blood gas results, the effects of the changing patient environment and the manner in which the sample was treated.
D001784:Blood Gas Analysis / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D011786:Quality Control; D014481:United States