Inter-instrumental comparison for the measurement of electrolytes in patients admitted to the intensive care unit
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Inter-instrumental comparison for the measurement of electrolytes in patients admitted to the intensive care unit
OBJECTIVE To investigate whether benchtop auto-analyzers (AAs) and arterial blood gas (ABG) analyzers, for measuring electrolyte levels of patients admitted to intensive care units (ICU), are equal and whether they can be used interchangeably. MATERIALS AND METHOD This study was conducted on 98 patients admitted to the ICU of the Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal between 15 October and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of General Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1178-7074
DOI: 10.2147/ijgm.s135788