TY - JOUR T1 - Air bubbles and temperature effect on blood gas analysis. JF - Journal of Clinical Pathology JO - J Clin Pathol SP - 864 LP - 867 DO - 10.1136/jcp.33.9.864 VL - 33 IS - 9 AU - G Madiedo AU - R Sciacca AU - L Hause Y1 - 1980/09/01 UR - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/33/9/864.abstract N2 - The effect of temperature, time of storage, and presence of air bubbles in specimens for blood gas analysis was studied. The results show that air bubbles in a 10% proportion are undesirable because of significant elevation in the PO2, and the storage of anaerobic blood samples at room temperature (25 degrees C) is acceptable when measurements are done within the first 20 minutes. ER -