Leukocytotic pseudohypoxaemia.
A case of hypoxaemia was concluded to be a pseudo-condition after investigation demonstrated that the hypoxaemia was not related to lung disease, but rather to the time expiring between obtaining and analysing blood samples and to a reduction in the magnitude of the patient's white cell count.
Intensive Care Unit, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology*; D007964:Leukocytosis / Q000150:complications*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood
D010100:Oxygen