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December 1998
Transcutaneous oxygen tension in non-invasive vascular medicine
Measurement of transcutaneous oxygen tension (tcpO2) has gained worldwide acceptance as a simple and effective method of evaluating cutaneous blood flow in settings where skin viability and the adequacy of skin blood flow are of major concern.
An example of such a setting is the non-invasive vascular laboratory at...
Blood gases/acid-base
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Article
December 1997
Transcutaneous monitoring of pO2 in hyperbaric medicine
Transcutaneous oxygen measurements play an important role in the evaluation and management of problem wounds. No precise threshold or target values exist for the prediction of outcome, and it is quite possible that each wound will have highly individualized oxygen dose requirements.
Correction of ambient dermal oxygen ...
Blood gases/acid-base
Hemoglobins
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December 1997
The roles of transcutaneous carbon dioxide measurement in a respiratory support center
Transcutaneous monitoring of carbon dioxide plays an important role during short-term and long-term treatments for ventilatory failure.
Progress during short-term treatments can be judged through tcpCO2 recordings - especially to avoid crash reintubation of patients who have been weaned off invasive ventilation....
Blood gases/acid-base
Kidneys/fluids