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- Published on: 21 November 2007
- Published on: 2 October 2007
- Published on: 21 November 2007Improving point of care deliveryShow More
We read with interest the use of blood gas analysis for estimation of haemoglobin concentration compared with laboratory measurement performed by Lucy et al at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital (1).
In the neonatal unit in Homerton University Hospital, we record the haematocrit in the observation charts. The measurements of haematocrit used are from blood gas results obtained from the Radiometer ABL 700 series blo...
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None declared. - Published on: 2 October 2007Point of care estimation in neonates: not just for haemoglobinShow More
Dear Editor,
We read with interest the article by Hinds et al [1] comparing laboratory and blood gas analyser haemoglobin on their NICU. They found a good correlation between laboratory measures and the ABL725 Radiometer blood gas analyser in 127 babies on their unit. However, we feel that the focus of their article was somewhat limited, as they assessed haemoglobin and haematocrit alone. Blood gas analysers ha...
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