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Air bubbles in ABG sample - ✔✔PaO2 will Increase
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PaCO2 will decrease || ||
PH will Increase
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ABG sample left out without cooling - ✔✔PaO2 will decrease
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PaCO2 will increase || || ||
PH will decrease
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Too much heparin in ABG sample - ✔✔PaO2 will increase
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PaCO2 will decrease || ||
PH will decrease
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Capillary Sample or heel stick sample ABG - ✔✔Site must be arterialized by wrapping it in
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a wet, warm cloth at 45 degrees for 5-7 minutes
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PH and PCO2 will show a consistent correlation
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PO2 values do not correlate will with actual arterial blood (Cannot be used to regulate
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FIO2)
Umbilical artery blood gas - ✔✔Can be used to regulate FIO2 or monitor oxygen
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PaCO2 is measured by - ✔✔Severinghaus electrode
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, PO2 is measured by - ✔✔Clark electrode
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PH is measured by - ✔✔Sanz Electrode
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Levey-Jennings Chart - ✔✔Values should remain within 2 standard deviations of the mean || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Random error on levey-jennings chart - ✔✔Ignore it
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out of control on levey-jennings chart - ✔✔Use another blood gas machine, change the
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electrode or re-calibrate || ||
Blood gas machine should be calibrated - ✔✔x1 per shift
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When cardiac output decreases what will happen to CvO2 - ✔✔CVO2 will decrease
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When cardiac output decreases what will happen to SVO2 - ✔✔SVO2 will decrease
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When anything Venous (venous content or saturation) decreases what effect does this have
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on cardiac output - ✔✔Cardiac output decreases
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C(a-v) O2 or A-V content deference represents what? - ✔✔Oxygen consumption
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nml 4 to 5 vol%
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When C (a-v) O2 increases , what happens to cardiac output and what action should be
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taken - ✔✔V (venous is getting smaller) which means Cardiac output is decreasing
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Decrease PEEP or positive pressure || || || ||