Arterial blood gas: an experiment to study the effects of temperature and time delays on the outcome of a blood gas result

Baker, Lynette Margaret

dc.contributor.advisor	Moleki, Maria Mabibiti	en
dc.contributor.advisor	Oosthuizen, Martha Johanna	en
dc.contributor.author	Baker, Lynette Margaret	en
dc.date.accessioned	2009-08-25T11:02:25Z
dc.date.available	2009-08-25T11:02:25Z
dc.date.issued	2009-08-25T11:02:25Z
dc.date.submitted	2008-01-31	en
dc.identifier.citation	Baker, Lynette Margaret (2009) Arterial blood gas: an experiment to study the effects of temperature and time delays on the outcome of a blood gas result, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2307>	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2307
dc.description.abstract	An arterialblood gas analysis which is conducted in critical care areas contributes to the assessment of a patient's ventilatory status and acid -base balance. The purpose of this research was to determine the relationship of time delays and temperature on the result of a blood gas analysis. The objective was to either accept or refute the null hypothesis, that there is no relationship between temperature and time delays and an arterial blood gas result Fifteen subjects were randomly selected. The researcher drew three samples of arterial blood from each subject. Ethical principles were observed. An inferential non-parametric statistic was used. The chi-squared test was used to test the hypothesis and the Friedman and the Wilcoxon signed ranks test were used to test the differences between the means. The results revealed that there was a relationship between time delays, temperature and the arterial blood gas result. The null hypothesis was rejected.	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (ix, 74 leaves)
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Arterial blood gas analysis	en
dc.subject	Storage temperature
dc.subject	Time delays
dc.subject	Partial pressure of oxygen
dc.subject	Partial pressure of carbon dioxide
dc.subject.ddc	612.11
dc.subject.lcsh	Blood gases -- Analysis
dc.title	Arterial blood gas: an experiment to study the effects of temperature and time delays on the outcome of a blood gas result	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.contributor.email	djagegjj@unisa.ac.za	en
dc.description.department	Health Stusies	en
dc.description.degree	M.A. (Health Studies)	en