title: Hemolysis, lipaemia and icterus in specimens for arterial blood gas analysis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess prevalence of interference from hemolysis, lipaemia, icterus in arterial blood gas analysis (ABG).
  
  
  METHODS
  Serum indices (SI) were assessed in the plasma of ABG samples over a 2-month period.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of a total of 478 ABG specimens, we identified 17 hemolyzed samples (4%), 52 (11%) with lipaemia, and 63 (13%) with icterus.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Test results on a considerable number of ABG specimens might be unreliable due to presence of interference.
authors.affiliation: Sezione di Chimica Clinica, Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e della Riproduzione, Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy. gianluca.salvagno@univr.it
authors.forename: Gian Luca
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Salvagno
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lippi
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gelati
authors.forename: Gian Cesare
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Guidi
mesh_terms: D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D006461:Hemolysis; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D007565:Jaundice / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index