{"title":"Liquid versus nonliquid heparinization of blood samples.","authors":"A G Crawford","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent studies demonstrate that liquid heparinization of blood samples causes errors in PCO2 that range from 6% to 40%. Various nonliquid forms of heparin are available as alternatives.</p>","PeriodicalId":76941,"journal":{"name":"Respiratory therapy","volume":"13 5","pages":"103-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1983-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Respiratory therapy","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Recent studies demonstrate that liquid heparinization of blood samples causes errors in PCO2 that range from 6% to 40%. Various nonliquid forms of heparin are available as alternatives.