Blood gas results

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CHAPTER 5 Blood gas results

Blood gas report

Each intensive care unit should have an on-site blood gas machine. All give similar results.

The blood gas machine discussed here as an example is the Radiometer ABL 730. For blood gas analysis it measures three blood gas parameters — pH, PaO2 and PaCO2. A printed report from this machine is shown on page 54 as an example. Since, clearly, different machines will give different reports, it is important to be aware of exactly what your unit’s machine measures and reports. The report in the example is divided into eight parts:

Figure 5.1 shows an example from the Intensive Care Nursery (ICN) gas machine at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.