An arterial blood gas is a blood test in which a syringe is used to draw a small blood sample from an artery.
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There is no such thing as arterial blood gas. When they draw blood it is drawn into a vial that has a vacuum, so it may appear that they are drawing gas, but no such gas exists. Also, when they draw blood they draw it from a vein.
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How much oxygen the blood is receiving (also how well the lungs are functioning) and carrying from the heart to the body's systems.
WhaT is the major distribution sequence of vessels of the arterial blood from heart to brain
Is a mixtures of oxygenated blood with some deoxygenated blood. It results in reduction of arterial PO2 by 2mmHg and reduction of arterial oxygen saturation by 0.5% compared to oxygenated blood coming from alveolar capillaries