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<onlyinclude>pH is the acidity or basicity of the patient's arterial blood. It is an element of the [[Arterial Blood Gas tests]]. <onlyinclude>  
<onlyinclude>pH is the acidity or basicity of the patient's arterial blood. It is an element of the [[Arterial Blood Gas tests]]. </onlyinclude>  


== Collection instructions ==
== Collection instructions ==

Revision as of 16:32, 2016 August 15

pH is the acidity or basicity of the patient's arterial blood. It is an element of the Arterial Blood Gas tests.

Collection instructions

There are special collection instructions for Arterial Blood Gas tests, refer there for further info.

Also, see APACHE Scoring table

see also

History

There have been different collection practices used when selecting the PH value, the original APACHE II user manual (version 1.0) is as above and that is how it should be collected.