Blood gases and critical care testing : physiology, clinical interpretations, and laboratory applications
Blood gases
Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier
2022
Third edition.
EISBN 0323903843
Introduction to blood-gas tests and blood-gas physiology.
Physiologic mechanisms and diagnostic approach to acid-base disorders.
Interpreting blood gas results on venous, capillary, and umbilical cord blood.
Disorders of oxygenation: hypoxemia and tissue hypoxia.
Calcium physiology and clinical evaluation.
Magnesium physiology and clinical evaluation.
Phosphate physiology and clinical evaluation.
Osmolality, sodium, potassium, chloride, and bicarbonate.
Lactate physiology and diagnostic evaluation.
Collection and handling of samples: effects on blood gases, Na, K, ionized Ca, Mg, lactate, and phosphate analyses.
Quality control in blood gas and critical care testing.
Models for point-of-care testing of critical care analytes.
Physiologic mechanisms and diagnostic approach to acid-base disorders.
Interpreting blood gas results on venous, capillary, and umbilical cord blood.
Disorders of oxygenation: hypoxemia and tissue hypoxia.
Calcium physiology and clinical evaluation.
Magnesium physiology and clinical evaluation.
Phosphate physiology and clinical evaluation.
Osmolality, sodium, potassium, chloride, and bicarbonate.
Lactate physiology and diagnostic evaluation.
Collection and handling of samples: effects on blood gases, Na, K, ionized Ca, Mg, lactate, and phosphate analyses.
Quality control in blood gas and critical care testing.
Models for point-of-care testing of critical care analytes.
