[40 years of blood gases and critical care analytes measurements].
Drawing on his professional experience of fourty years, the author retraces the history of the technological development of blood gases and other critical care analytes measurements from the end of the fifties until today. He reviews the various techniques now available and comments on the phases of their development from test bench to hospital acceptance and market availability. Pulse oximetry is noted as being of particular interest.
Mollard
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AVL Instruments Médicaux, BP 76, 95612 Cergy-Pontoise cedex.
D001784:Blood Gas Analysis / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D016638:Critical Illness; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000097:blood; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D010092:Oximetry / Q000266:history; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance
D004573:Electrolytes