NCT01287884

Correlation of Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) and Venous Blood Gas (VBG) in the Undifferentiated Critically Ill Patient

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 156 (actual)
• Sponsor: Christiana Care Health Services · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The primary objective of this study is to identify a correlation between the pH and pCO2 in arterial and venous blood. The secondary objectives include a correlation of pulse oximetry and arterial pO2 along with subgroup analyses of specific patient populations such as congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetic ketoacidosis, pneumonia, overdose, and trauma.

Conditions

• Patients Needing Blood Gases

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Venous Blood Gas	patients who have been identified by the treating physician as needing an ABG will receive an VBG is they consent to take part in the study

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-10-01
• Primary completion: 2012-06-01
• Completion: 2012-06-01
• First posted: 2011-02-02
• Last updated: 2012-11-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States