Open AccessEvaluation of adjusted central venous blood gases versus arterial blood gases of patients in post-operative paediatric cardiac surgical intensive care unit
Author(s) -
Naveen G Singh,
SR Prasad,
V Manjunath,
P S Nagaraja,
Pranav J Adoni,
Divya Gopal,
A M Jagadeesh
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.167492
Subject(s) - medicine , pco2 , arterial blood , venous blood , base excess , anesthesia , intensive care unit , limits of agreement , arterial ph , intraclass correlation , cardiac surgery , surgery , nuclear medicine , clinical psychology , psychometrics
Central venous catheters are in situ in most of the intensive care unit (ICU) patients, which may be an alternative for determining acid-base status and can reduce complications from prolonged arterial cannulation. The aim of this study was to examine the reliability between adjusted central venous blood gas (aVBG) and arterial blood gas (ABG) samples for pH, partial pressure of carbon-di-oxide (pCO2), bicarbonate (HCO3 (-)), base excess (BE) and lactates in paediatric cardiac surgical ICU.