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. 1974 Nov;49(11):853–860. doi: 10.1136/adc.49.11.853

Use of a continuously recording intravascular oxygen electrode in the newborn

P Goddard, I Keith, H Marcovitch, N R C Roberton, P Rolfe, J W Scopes
PMCID: PMC1649236  PMID: 4613283

Abstract

The use of a continuously recording intravascular Po2 electrode is described. The electrode, based on the Galvanic principle, is built into the tip of a French gauge (FG) 5 umbilical arterial catheter. Its use has considerably improved the management of oxygen therapy in the seriously ill premature newborn infant and has done so with at least a 50% reduction in the amount of blood needed to be removed for gas analysis.

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