TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Arterial Access: Arterial Puncture
A1  - Gomella, Tricia Lacy
A1  - Eyal, Fabien G.
A1  - Bany-Mohammed, Fayez
PY  - 2020
T2  - Gomella's Neonatology: Management, Procedures, On-Call Problems, Diseases, and Drugs, 8e
AB  - To  obtain  blood  for  arterial  blood  gas  measurements.When  blood  is  needed  and  venous  or  capillary  blood  samples  cannot  be  obtained.  Not  preferred.To  obtain  ammonia  levels.  Venous  blood  can  be  used  if  it  is  collected,  transported  appropriately,  and  done  quickly,  but  because  ammonia  levels  in  peripheral  venous  blood  can  be  affected  by  many  variables,  arterial  blood  is  preferred.To  obtain  lactate  and  pyruvate  levels.  Free-flowing  arterial  blood;  stasis  of  blood  increases  lactate.To  obtain  a  large  quantity  of  blood  that  would  be  difficult  to  obtain  from  a  peripheral  vein.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1168356230
ER  -