PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - G Madiedo AU - R Sciacca AU - L Hause TI - Air bubbles and temperature effect on blood gas analysis. AID - 10.1136/jcp.33.9.864 DP - 1980 Sep 01 TA - Journal of Clinical Pathology PG - 864--867 VI - 33 IP - 9 4099 - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/33/9/864.short 4100 - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/33/9/864.full SO - J Clin Pathol1980 Sep 01; 33 AB - 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.