title: Local effects on the blood gas indices in diaphyseal forearm fractures.
abstract: We studied the local changes of blood gas indices of arterialised capillary blood taken simultaneously from the fractured and the uninjured arm of 30 patients with diaphyseal fractures of the forearm. Blood gases were measured with a Stat Profile 5 analyser (Nova Biomedical). The results indicate a slight but statistically significant decrease of the acid-base indices without any changes in the oxygen indices. These slight changes do not affect considerably the diagnosis of the profile.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Higher Medical Institute, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Stavrev
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chifligarov
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chifligarov
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Iluchev
mesh_terms: D000136:Acid-Base Equilibrium; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018483:Diaphyses; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D014458:Ulna Fractures / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen