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Arterial blood gas monitoring
1Department of Anesthesiology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Critical Care Clinics
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
Arterial blood gas determinations (ABGs) play an important role in diagnosing derangements in acid-base balance, oxygenation, and ventilation. Frequent assessment is necessary in the management of critically ill patients. This article reviews the technologic evolution of modern blood gas analysis and the clinical application of monitoring hydrogen ion content (pH), blood oxygen tension (PO2), and carbon dioxide tension (PCO2).