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ABG
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Who needs an ABG?
Any deteriorating patient
Ventilated patients (inc. NIV)
Hypercapnaeic resp failure
Septic patient (if lactate on your gas machine
High FiO2
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Values on an ABG
pH
P02 > 10 (in healthy adult)
Should be about 10 less than FiO2
Naturally declines with age, take this into account
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- Surgery Note on ABG, created by Aleda Mackenzie-Reid on 13/03/2020.
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