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Review
. 2008 May;38(3):543-57, x.
doi: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2008.01.002.

Making sense of blood gas results

Shane W Bateman  1
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Review

Making sense of blood gas results

Shane W Bateman. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. 2008 May.

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  • Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. 2009 May;39(3):xiii

Abstract

Recent technologic advances have allowed the production and marketing of cage-side blood gas analyzers to private practitioners. The widespread use of cage-side portable blood gas analyzers in veterinary practices has increased the need to develop the basic skills of blood gas analysis as part of a tool kit for practicing veterinarians. Rapid expansion of emergency and critical care medicine as a specialty and increased numbers of veterinary emergency and veterinary specialty practices have occurred concurrently with the availability of blood gas analyzers that are affordable for private practitioners. As a result, evaluation of blood gas results is no longer an activity confined to academic institutions and has become a daily part of many practicing veterinarians' activities.

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