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Blood Gas Monitoring, Transcutaneous

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Definition: The noninvasive measurement or determination of the partial pressure (tension) of oxygen and/or carbon dioxide locally in the capillaries of a tissue by the application to the skin of a special set of electrodes. These electrodes contain photoelectric sensors capable of picking up the specific wavelengths of radiation emitted by oxygenated versus reduced hemoglobin.  NIM; coord with disease /blood, not /physiopathol; when IM, do not coord with OXYGEN /blood or CARBON DIOXIDE /blood; DF: TCPO2    Other names Transcutaneous Oximetry; Transcutaneous Capnometry; Transcutaneous Blood Gas Monitoring; Oxygen Partial Pressure Determination, Transcutane; Oximetry, Transcutaneous; Cutaneous Oximetry; Carbon Dioxide Partial Pressure Determination, Tra; Transcutaneous Oximetries; Transcutaneous Capnometries; Oximetry, Cutaneous; Oximetries, Transcutaneous; Oximetries, Cutaneous; Cutaneous Oximetries; Capnometry, Transcutaneous; Capnometries, Transcutaneous; TcPCO2; PtcO2

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