Use of a blood gas analyzer and a laboratory autoanalyzer in routine practice to measure electrolytes in intensive care unit patients

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Electrolyte values are measured in most critically ill intensive care unit (ICU) patients using both an arterial blood gas analyzer (ABG) and a central laboratory auto-analyzer (AA). The aim of the present study was to investigate wh...

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Main Authors: Budak Yasemin U, Huysal Kagan, Polat Murat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-08-01
Series:BMC Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2253/12/17