Intraosseous blood samples for point-of-care analysis: agreement between intraosseous and arterial analyses

Intraosseous blood samples for point-of-care analysis: agreement between intraosseous and arterial analyses

Abstract Background Point-of-care (POC) testing is highly useful when treating critically ill patients. In case of difficult vascular access, the intraosseous (IO) route is commonly used, and blood is aspirated to confirm the correct position of the IO-needle. Thus, IO blood samples could be easily...

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Main Authors: Milla Jousi, Simo Saikko, Jouni Nurmi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Point-of-care
Blood gas analysis
Intraosseous access
I-STAT
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13049-017-0435-4

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