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blood gas
(redirected from Arterial blood gas)

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blood gas [′bləd ‚gas]
(ordnance)
War gas which, when absorbed into the body, primarily by breathing, affects body functions by interfering with transfer of oxygen from the lungs via the blood to tissues.


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Baseline serum albumin levels, arterial blood gas measurements, and the proportion of patients who required mechanical ventilation were also similar, which indicates that the overall general health of patients and the severity of pneumonia in these 2 groups were also comparable.
Arterial blood gas analysis and blood chemistry test values were within the normal ranges except that the alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and [gamma]-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) levels were elevated about 1.
1) Other methods range from basic procedures such as measuring arterial blood gas and performing pulse oximetry to more elegant options such as the [sup.
 
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