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skin puncture blood is only partly
arterial blood
Arterial Blood Gases (ABG's)
by reading the values
capillary
No Blood gases are measured to determine the oxygen concentration in the arterial blood. Therefore the blood must be drawn from an artery.
No Blood gases are measured to determine the oxygen concentration in the arterial blood. Therefore the blood must be drawn from an artery.
PO2 in blood is the amount of gases in your blood. In medical terms, this is commonly called the Alveolar-arterial.
In arterial blood cells Oxygen. In venous blood cells Carbon Dioxide.
The acronym ABG stands for Arterial Blood Gases.
O2 sat on room air or arterial blood would be lower than normal. CO2 levels would be higher.
Dissolved gases and ions