Plastic Blood Gas Syringes and Measurement Error in Central Venous Oxygen Saturations.
SHOCK(2016)
摘要
Objectives: Measurement of central venous oxygen (SvO(2)) levels remains an important method for the detection of circulatory shock. Plastic blood gas syringes have supplanted glass. These syringes are, however, permeable to atmospheric oxygen. Common sampling practices, including a delay between blood aspiration and analysis and continuous mixing of the sample, may promote equilibration of the blood sample with atmospheric oxygen and could result in over estimation of SvO(2) levels. Methods: Pulmonary artery or central venous catheter blood samples were taken from 21 critically ill patients. Two venous blood gas samples were collected simultaneously in plastic syringes. One sample was continuously mixed through a gentle rotation. The other sample was not mixed. Blood gas analyses were undertaken on both samples at baseline and at 5, 10, 15, and 20 min. Results: Compared with baseline levels, the SvO(2) increased significantly over time for both continuously mixed and nonmixed samples (P<0.0001). The rate of the increase was 2-fold greater for continuously mixed samples (P<0.0001). For continuously mixed samples, the SvO(2) was 63% at baseline, 65% at 5 min, 70% at 10 min, 74% at 15 min, and 78% at 20 min. For the nonmixed samples, the levels were 63%, 64%, 66%, 68%, and 70%, respectively. Conclusions: This is the first report documenting that plastic blood gas syringes systematically overestimate SvO(2) levels when there is a delay in analysis or continuous mixing of the sample. Overestimation of SvO(2) levels may harm patients as circulatory shock may not be recognized and treated.
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Blood gas,critically ill,plastic syringe,sampling error,shock,venous oxygen saturation
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