Arterial blood gas is gold standard to get the oxygenation and acid base information. Venous blood gas has been tried for patient comfort. How does VBG compare to ABG?
Check out the a post by a NYU resident on this topic. Very informative.
http://www.clinicalcorrelations.org/?p=5608
Sunday, July 29, 2012
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