Pseudohypoxemia in a Patient With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Samuel Horr; Russell Roberson; John W. Hollingsworth
- Source
- Respiratory Care. 58:e31-e33
- Subject
- Male
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
General Medicine
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
medicine.disease
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell
Respiration, Artificial
Article
Text mining
Disease Progression
medicine
Humans
Arterial blood gas analysis
Platelet
Blood Gas Analysis
Hypoxia
business
Arterial blood sample
Aged
- Language
- ISSN
- 1943-3654
0020-1324
Arterial blood gas analysis is one of the most common tests performed on patients in ICUs to measure Pao2 as a means to determine adequate gas exchange. However, the Pao2 in an arterial blood sample can be impacted by metabolically active cells, including either white blood cells or platelets. We