The arterial blood gas test includes several components. Your doctor compares, or analyzes, these measures to get a big picture of your body’s oxygenation and acid-base balance.

Why is the procedure performed? Normally, arterial blood is rich in oxygen as it comes from the heart and flows towards the tissues. An arterial blood gas test can be used to evaluate the lung ...

A blood gas test is also called an arterial blood gas test or a blood gas analysis. Results show blood oxygen and carbon dioxide levels, pH levels, and lung function. Doctors often use the test in ...

Typically, an arterial blood pH value of less than 7.35 suggests DKA. Additionally, a bicarbonate level equal to or less than 18 millimoles per liter (mmol/l) and an anion gap of more than 10 mmol ...

We analyzed 10,789 pairs of measures of oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry and arterial oxygen saturation in arterial blood gas obtained from 1296 White patients and 269 Black patients in the ...

The volume of expired gas, corrected to body temperature, pressure, saturated with water vapor (BTPS) and collected simultaneously with arterial blood, was assayed for oxygen and carbon dioxide by ...

An arterial blood collection is more painful than regular blood tests, as the artery is positioned deeper in the tissues and the first attempt may not be successful. There are veins running in that ...