Arterial blood gas analysis

Jacqueline Coggon a clinical educator at King’s Mill Hospital, UK has published an article on understanding ABG reports.

Reference

Coggon J.M. (2008) Arterial blood gas analysis 1: Understanding ABG reports. Nursing Times. 104(18), p.28-29.

“This is the first of a two-part unit on arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis, and focusses on background information and basic interpretation of ABGs where no evident compensation is taking place. It discusses the various components on a ABG report, the normal ranges and the significance of abnormal readings. A detailed step-by-step guide to ABG interpretation is available in the Portfolio Pages for this unit at nursingtimes.net, as well as practice examples” (Coggon 2008).