Discrepancy between Measured Serum Total Carbon Dioxide Content and Bicarbonate Concentration Calculated from Arterial Blood Gases

Kim, Youngho; Massie, Larry; H. Murata, Glen; H. Tzamaloukas, Antonios

doi:10.7759/cureus.398

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Discrepancy between Measured Serum Total Carbon Dioxide Content and Bicarbonate Concentration Calculated from Arterial Blood Gases

Published in Cureus • Dec 7, 2015

Authors:

Youngho Kim

Larry Massie

Glen H. Murata

Abstract

Large differences between the concentrations of serum total carbon dioxide (TCO2) and blood gas bicarbonate (HCO3 (-)) were observed in two consecutive simultaneously drawn sets of samples of serum and arterial blood gases in a patient who presented with severe carbon dioxide retention and profound ...

Subject

Bicarbonate

Carbon dioxide

CO2 content

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