BACKGROUND Although recommendations in oxygenation and gas exchange monitoring in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are available, little is known of the current practice. AIM To evaluate the current practice in oxygenation and gas exchange monitoring of the NICUs in the Netherlands. METHODS An online survey-based questionnaire concerning preferences and current practice of monitoring...

BACKGROUND Arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis is useful in evaluation of the clinical condition of critically ill patients; however, arterial puncture or insertion of an arterial catheter may cause many complications. The aim of this study was to determine whether venous blood gas (VBG) values can be used as an alternative to arterial blood gas measurements in patients under mechanical ventilati...

BACKGROUND Heparin binds positively charged electrolytes. In blood gas syringes, electrolyte-balanced heparin is used to prevent a negative bias in electrolyte concentrations. The potential pre-analytical errors introduced by blood gas syringes are largely unknown. Here, we evaluate electrolyte concentrations in non-anticoagulated blood compared with concentrations measured in electrolyte-balan...

In a gas membrane, gas is transferred between a liquid and a gas through a microporous membrane. The main challenge is to achieve a high gas transfer while preventing wetting and clogging. With respect to the oxygenation of blood, haemocompatibility is also required. Here we coat macroporous meshes with a superamphiphobic-or liquid repellent-layer to meet this challenge. The superamphiphobic la...

neonates with respiratory distress syndrome (rds), who are treated according to insure protocol; require arterial blood gas (abg) analysis to decide on appropriate management. we conducted this study to investigate the validity of pulse oximetry instead of frequent abg analysis in the evaluation of these patients. from a total of 193 blood samples obtained from 30 neonates <1500 grams with rds,...