16 April 2010 - Radiometer’s ABL800 FLEX blood gas analyzer now offers a dedicated mode for measuring pH in pleural fluid (the fluid between lungs and chest wall) on patients with pleural effusion.Measurement of pH in pleural fluid on the ABL800 FLEX – as opposed to commonly used pH meters – is validated and done through a dedicated sample mode, reducing the potentially fatal risk of a diagnostic misclassification of the effusion and under-treatment of the condition.
pH in pleural fluid best performed on blood gas analyzers
Pleural effusion is often present in patients suffering from infections such as pneumonia and cancers, but also on patients suffering from heart failure.
The American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) consensus panel on the medical and surgical management of parapneumonic effusions recommends that pleural fluid pH is the preferred pleural fluid chemistry test for pleural effusion and should be measured on a blood gas analyzer... Radiometer's Press Release -
