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UnderstandingAcid/BaseRelationshipGeneralapproachtoABGInterpretationClinicalcausesAbnormalABG’sCasestudiesTakehomeWhatisanABGArterialBloodGasDrawnfromartery-radial,brachial,femoralItisaninvasiveprocedure
Cautionmustbetakenwithpatientonanticoagulants
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