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The need for quality control in measurement of mixed venous oxygen saturation.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7802188     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We investigated the variability of arterial, mixed venous and peripheral venous oxygen saturation readings in three co-oximeters in regular use on two Intensive Care Units. Over a 2-week period, 96 readings were obtained from each of the following machines; two AVL 912 co-oxylite co-oximeters (Machines A and B, Biomedical Instruments, Graz, Austria) and one IL-282 (Machine C, Instrumentation Laboratories, Lexington, MA, USA). The coefficient of variation in the arterial oxygen saturations was extremely small on all three machines (< 0.43%). The coefficient of variation in the mixed venous samples, however, ranged from 1.96 to 4.61% on machine A, and from 2.73 to 4.71% on machine B, but only from 0.17 to 1.47% on machine C. The variation in mixed venous saturations obtained from a single blood sample repeatedly analysed on machines A and B was large enough to influence clinical management.
Authors:
S C Beards; J D Edwards; P Nightingale
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Clinical Trial; Comparative Study; Controlled Clinical Trial; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Anaesthesia     Volume:  49     ISSN:  0003-2409     ISO Abbreviation:  Anaesthesia     Publication Date:  1994 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1995-01-26     Completed Date:  1995-01-26     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370524     Medline TA:  Anaesthesia     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  886-8     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of South Manchester, West Didsbury.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Oximetry / standards*
Oxygen / blood*
Oxygen Consumption
Prospective Studies
Quality Control
Reproducibility of Results
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
7782-44-7/Oxygen

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