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- Title
Comparison of blood gas and acid-base measurements in arterial and venous blood samples in patients with uremic acidosis and diabetic ketoacidosis in the emergency room.
- Authors
Gokel, Yüksel; Paydas, Saime; Koseoglu, Zikret; Alparslan, Nazan; Seydaoglu, Gülşah; Gokel, Y; Paydas, S; Koseoglu, Z; Alparslan, N; Seydaoglu, G
- Abstract
<bold>Background/aims: </bold>The aim of this study was to examine a plausible correlation between venous and arterial blood gas values in acidotic patients with chronic uremia or diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA).<bold>Methods: </bold>A total of 152 arterial and 152 venous blood samples from uremic patients (n = 100), DKA patients (n = 21) and healthy controls (n = 31) were analyzed for measurements of blood gas and acid-base status.<bold>Results: </bold>The means of arterial and venous pH, and arterial and venous HCO(-)(3) values for the uremic patients were 7. 17 +/- 0.14, 7.13 +/- 0.14, 10.13 +/- 4.26 and 11.86 +/- 4.23 mmol/l, respectively. The respective mean differences between arterial and venous pH values and arterial and venous HCO(-)(3) values were 0.04 +/- 0.02 and -1.72 +/- 0.42 mmol/l, respectively, for these patients. The means of the laboratory findings of DKA patients were arterial pH, 7.15 +/- 0.15; venous pH, 7.10 +/- 0.15; arterial HCO(-)(3), 8. 57 +/- 5.71 mmol/l and venous HCO(-)(3), 10.46 +/- 5.73 mmol/l. The respective mean differences between arterial and venous pH and arterial and venous HCO(-)(3) for this group were calculated to be 0. 05 +/- 0.01 and -1.88 +/- 0.41 mmol/l. In the healthy controls, the means of arterial and venous pH, and arterial and venous HCO(-)(3) values were 7.39 +/- 0.02, 7.34 +/- 0.02, 24.91 +/- 0.82 and 26.57 +/- 0.83 mmol/l, respectively. For the healthy controls the mean differences between the respective values in arterial and venous pH, and arterial and venous HCO(-)(3) were 0.05 +/- 0.01 and -1.66 +/- 0. 58 mmol/l. Although in healthy controls the correlation between arterial and venous pH values (r(2): 0.595) and arterial and venous HCO(-)(3) values (r(2): 0.552) were moderate, these correlations were significantly increased in both the acidotic patient group (r(2): 0.979 and 0.990) and the DKA group (r(2): 0.989 and 0.995)<bold>Conclusion: </bold>A venous blood sample can be used to evaluate the acid-base status in uremic and DKA patients.
- Subjects
ACID-base equilibrium; ACIDOSIS; ARTERIES; BLOOD gases analysis; COMPARATIVE studies; DIABETIC acidosis; EMERGENCY medical services; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; REFERENCE values; RESEARCH; UREMIA; VEINS; EVALUATION research; DISEASE complications
- Publication
American Journal of Nephrology, 2000, Vol 20, Issue 4, p319
- ISSN
0250-8095
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1159/000013607