Investigation of the Utility of Peripheral Venous Blood Gas Instead of Arterial Blood Gas in The Emergency Department

Ertan Bakoğlu 1 * , Ali Sedat Kebapçıoğlu 1, Ahmet Ak 2, Abdullah Sadık Girişgin 3, İsmail Zararsız 4
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1 Mevlana Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Acil Tıp Anabilim Dalı, Konya
2 Selçuk Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Acil Tıp Anabilim Dalı, Konya
3 Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi Meram Tıp Fakültesi Acil Tıp Anabilim Dalı, Konya
4 Mevlana Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Anatomi Anabilim Dalı, Konya
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EUR J BASIC MED SCI, Volume 3, Issue 2, pp. 29-33. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejbms/9198
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ABSTRACT

Arterial puncture is often painful and carries the risk of complications such as local hematoma, infection, occlusion, embolization and ischemic injury. The arterial puncture itself can be technically more difficult than the venous puncture. In this study, we aimed to investigate the utility of peripheral venous blood gas instead of arterial blood gas in the emergency department. A total of 247 patients (113 female and 134 male) were participated prospectively in this study. All adult patients who required arterial blood gas sampling on the basis of their clinical presentation were eligible for the study. pH, pCO2, HCO3, pO2 and SO2 were measured and recorded from arterial and venous blood samples. Arterial and venous blood gas samples were strongly correlated for all measured parameters except pO2 and SO2. We suggest that venous blood gas samples can be used for patients at emergency department.
Keywords: arterial blood gas, venous blood gas, emergency department

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Bakoğlu E, Kebapçıoğlu AS, Ak A, Girişgin AS, Zararsız İ. Investigation of the Utility of Peripheral Venous Blood Gas Instead of Arterial Blood Gas in The Emergency Department. Eur J Basic Med Sci. 2013;3(2):29-33. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejbms/9198

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