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Evaluation of an alternative method of blood sampling from arterial cannulae
Author(s) -
Alford A. M.,
Kirton C. B.,
Peacock J. E.
Publication year - 1993
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.1365-2044.1993.tb07079.x
Subject(s) - medicine , sampling (signal processing) , flushing , blood sampling , arterial blood , biomedical engineering , anesthesia , endocrinology , computer science , filter (signal processing) , computer vision
Summary A new system for sampling from arterial cannulae has been designed which avoids the need to aspirate flushing solution before taking a sample and limits blood loss. The new system was compared with a standard sampling system and direct arterial sampling using in vitro models. A series of haemoglobin concentrations wen‐ prepared and sampled using the three sampling methods. There were no clinically significant differences in the values obtained with the different sampling techniques.