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| Now you can test pleural fluid pH1 using the RAPIDPoint® 500 blood gas analyzer.
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Pleural fluid effusions may be a symptom of underlying illness such as heart failure, pulmonary embolism, cancer, and kidney disease.2 Measuring pleural fluid pH gives clinicians information to help guide therapy. However, multiple studies have shown that measurements taken using pH meters or indicator sticks can be less accurate than readings conducted using a blood gas analyzer.3,4,5 In fact, the American College of Chest Physicians recommends the use of blood gas analyzers as the preferred method for categorizing and managing parapneumonic effusions.6 |  Would you like a sales professional to contact you?
Click here. | | If you’re using a pH meter or indicator stick to measure pleural fluid pH, now may be the time to consider how you can more effectively, efficiently, and confidently perform that test.
The RAPIDPoint 500 blood gas analyzer is a proven testing solution that delivers laboratory-quality results in a comprehensive critical care menu for blood gases, electrolytes, glucose, lactate, and full CO-oximetry–including neonatal total bilirubin and total hemoglobin — in approximately 60 seconds. Now you can perform pleural fluid pH testing with the same maintenance-free, easy-to-use system.
1. Available for sale only in select countries.
2. Cleveland Clinic. Diseases & Conditions. Pleural Effusion - Heart & Vascular Institute Overview. Available at
http://bit.ly/16K552i. Accessed 3/28/12.
3. Chandler T, McCoskey E, Byrd R et al. Comparison of the use and accuracy of methods for determining pleural fluid pH. South Med J 1999;92:214-17.
4. Cheng DS, Rodriquez R, Rogers J et al. Comparison of pleural fluid pH obtained using blood gas machine, pH meter, and pH indicator strip. Chest 1998;144:1368-72.
5. Lesh E, Robin B. Is pH paper an acceptable, low-cost alternative to the blood gas analyzer for determining pleural fluid pH? Chest 1997;112:1291-92.
6. Colic Gl, Curtis A. Deslauriers J, et al: Medical and surgical treatment of parapneumonic effusions: An evidence-based guideline (AACP consensus statement) Chest 2000;188:1158-71.
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