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Incidence and range of carboxyhaemoglobin in blood for transfusion
Author(s) -
Freeman R.,
Perks D.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1990.tb14836.x
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , blood transfusion , significant difference , surgery , anesthesia , physics , optics
Summary No statistically significant difference was found between the levels of carboxyhaemoglobin detected in samples from 42 blood units and their sample side arms. A cooximeter was used. However, carboxyhaemoglobin in a range of 1.1–6.9% was found in 18 out of a further 100 side arm samples taken randomly from the blood bank.