Blood gas analysis

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In medicine and physiology, blood gas analysis is "measurement of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood."[1]

Venous blood

One study concluded "The mean difference between arterial and venous values of pH was 0.03 pH units."[2] If the pCO2 of of venous blood is less than 45 mm Hg, then the arterial pCO2 is very likely less than 50 mm hg.[3]

Artifacts in measurement

Delay in analysis after collection of blood

Exposure of bllod to room aire

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