Book contents
- Maths, Physics and Clinical Measurement for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Maths, Physics and Clinical Measurement for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Data Analysis and Medical Statistics
- Chapter 2 Basic Physics and Electronics
- Chapter 3 Heat, Temperature and Humidity
- Chapter 4 Behaviour of Fluids
- Chapter 5 Gas Measurement and Supply
- Chapter 6 Gas Concentration Measurement
- Chapter 7 Blood Gas Analysis
- Chapter 8 Vapours and Vaporizers
- Chapter 9 Ventilators and Breathing Systems
- Chapter 10 Safety in the Clinical Environment
- Chapter 11 Blood Pressure Measurement
- Chapter 12 Cardiac Output Monitoring
- Chapter 13 Cardiac Support Equipment
- Chapter 14 Ultrasound and Doppler
- Chapter 15 Atomic Structure, Radiation, Imaging and Lasers
- Chapter 16 Electro-biophysiology
- Index
Chapter 7 - Blood Gas Analysis
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 August 2019
- Maths, Physics and Clinical Measurement for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Maths, Physics and Clinical Measurement for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Data Analysis and Medical Statistics
- Chapter 2 Basic Physics and Electronics
- Chapter 3 Heat, Temperature and Humidity
- Chapter 4 Behaviour of Fluids
- Chapter 5 Gas Measurement and Supply
- Chapter 6 Gas Concentration Measurement
- Chapter 7 Blood Gas Analysis
- Chapter 8 Vapours and Vaporizers
- Chapter 9 Ventilators and Breathing Systems
- Chapter 10 Safety in the Clinical Environment
- Chapter 11 Blood Pressure Measurement
- Chapter 12 Cardiac Output Monitoring
- Chapter 13 Cardiac Support Equipment
- Chapter 14 Ultrasound and Doppler
- Chapter 15 Atomic Structure, Radiation, Imaging and Lasers
- Chapter 16 Electro-biophysiology
- Index
Summary
A 32-year-old female is admitted to the emergency department following rescue from a house fire. She is unconscious and her face is covered in soot. There is no evidence of traumatic injury and her blood pressure is normal. Her oxygen saturation on pulse oximetry (SpO2) reads 98% and she is receiving supplementary oxygen via a non-rebreathe oxygen mask. On blood gas analysis, she has a pH of 7.1 with a lactate of 10 mmol l–1, her PO2 is 70 kPa and her PCO2 is 3.5 kPa. Her arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) is 100%, whilst her fractional oxyhaemoglobin content (FO2Hb) is 90%.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019