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Agreement between Central Venous and Arterial Blood Gas Measurements in the Intensive Care Unit
Author(s) -
Richard M. Treger,
Shahriar Pirouz,
Nader Kamangar,
Dalila B. Corry
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.00330109
Subject(s) - medicine , bicarbonate , arterial blood , venous blood , arterial ph , arterial line , anesthesia , arterial blood gas analysis , pco2 , base excess , intensive care unit , cardiology
Venous blood gas (VBG) analysis is a safer procedure than arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis and may be an alternative for determining acid-base status. The objective of this study was to examine the agreement between ABG and central VBG samples for all commonly used parameters in a medical intensive care unit (ICU) population.

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