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Cindy Sorensen posted a reply on Re: ABL90 Flex- Venous Lactate vs Arterial Lact...

Monday, Mar 7, 2022 at 3:43 PM

Said: We run arterial lactate in our CVOR and CVICU on the ABL90s. We have arterial set as the default sample type and staff is pretty good about changing to venous, if necessary (i.e. RT running a venous gas). The lactates correl...

James Beck posted a reply on Re: ABL90 Flex- Venous Lactate vs Arterial Lact...

Monday, Mar 7, 2022 at 3:36 PM

Said: I have seen a mixed bag of responses to this issue - some facilities go to the trouble of differentiating arterial from venous samples and assigning a separate reference range, but just as many if not more, do not. I don't think t...

Donna Mob posted a new Topic

Monday, Mar 7, 2022 at 3:30 PM

ABL90 Flex- Venous Lactate vs Arterial Lactate Testing

Hello Everyone,
I just want to ask if someone uses Arterial Lactate Testing using the ABL90 Flex? Our ICU wants one, but I just want to see if there's bias in doing venous vs. arterial testing. Any input is appreciated. Thank you!

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Debra Howard posted a reply on Re: Avoximeter Alternatives

Monday, Mar 7, 2022 at 2:15 PM

Said: If your Cath lab is like ours, you might as well stick to the Avox. The doctors took great issue on the amount of time the Nova Prime takes to perform the test. We ending up with a new Avox 1000. The price for the Avox is also considera...

Jeremy MacDonald posted a reply on Re: Avoximeter Alternatives

Monday, Mar 7, 2022 at 1:53 PM

Said: We transitioned from the Avox's to the Nova Prime Plus. The Radiometer ABL80 was a close runner up for us and a very similar analyzer. If you make a similar transition be aware, these systems can not perform a 10 second c...