Correspondence Fetal blood gas analysis at delivery Sir, In a recent article D'Souza et al.1 note that it is simpler and more convenient to obtain umbilical venous than arterial blood to assess the acid base status of a newborn infant at delivery. They add, however, that sampling arterial blood would be preferable to venous blood as the former reflects more closely the metabolic condition of th...

Penile blood gas can aid in the determination of the subtype of priapism to further guide treatment. A pH 7.25, PO2 30, and PCO2 60 indicate low-flow (ischemic) priapism, which needs to be treated immediately by administration of phenylephrine and draining of blood from the penis. High-flow priapism (1, 2) is usually self-limiting. The sequential samples were obtained to determine the effective...

point of care (POC) in critical care areas such as the emergency department, neonatal and adult medical intensive care units, surgical intensive care units, and the operating room.2 The collection and analysis by portable or standard blood gas machines at or near the point of care minimizes the time needed to obtain and report laboratory values, which facilitates timely evaluation of results an...

Blood gas testing is a commonly ordered test in hospital settings, where the results almost always have the potential to dictate an immediate or urgent response. The preanalytical steps in testing, from choosing the correct tests to ensuring the specimen is introduced into the instrument correctly, must be perfectly coordinated to ensure that the patient receives appropriate and timely therapy ...

mankind efforts for achieving a better life while brings welfare for him, unfortunately brings environmental and harmful effects on health. these harm specially the ones due to increase in automobiles and fossil fuels, endanger the possibility of the continuation of life for present and future tenerations. lead is mentioned as one of the outputs of these fuels. available studies indicate that t...

My purpose in investigating the effect of hemolysis on the accurate assessment of catecholamines and DOPA concentrations by the “Cat-A-Kit” radioenzymic method was to provide a basis for rejecting hemolyzed specimens, and thereby reduce the ever-growing backlog of specimens awaiting analysis in my freezer. I was surprised and disappointed to find that I could not discard hemolyzed samples as be...

background: fetal color doppler is important for evaluation of hypoxia in intrauterine growth restriction (iugr) fetus. objective: in this study we compare fetal and maternal color doppler with blood gas analysis to detect fetal acidosis. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study we evaluated 100 hospitalized patients with iugr for comparison of color doppler results with arterial bl...