Caballero-Noguéz B, Flores CI

Language: Spanish
References: 19
Page: 66-69
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ABSTRACT

Objective. To evaluate the utility of processing the blood samples for determination pH, arterial oxygen pressure (PaO₂) and arterial carbon dioxide (PaCO₂) with the real values of hemoglobin and temperature.
Material and methods. 90 newborns, in the first week of life, with mechanical ventilation. They were formed three constituted homogeneous groups in the following way: group I patient’s hemoglobin and temperature; group II with constant hemoglobin and the patient’s temperature; group III patient’s hemoglobin and constant temperature. They were measured the value of the pH, PaO₂ and PaCO₂.
Results. The group I and the group III showed a significant p ‹ 0.01 and p ‹ 0.05, respectively, with regard to the group II. The groups I and III didn’t show significant differences during the study.
Conclusions. The adjustment in the hemoglobin showed to be the factor that contributes to modify the results in the values of the pH, PaO₂ and PaCO₂. Attributable secondary complications were not existed to the extraction of the blood samples.

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