Improving Pleural Fluid pH Accuracy: A Quality Improvement Initiative
To accurately measure pleural fluid pH, specimens should be collected anaerobically in blood gas syringes rather than the screw-top vials provided in thoracentesis kits.
Authors
- Sydney Bowmaster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2711-2735)
- Thomas Groß (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9617-6606)
- Nicole Manning
- Jeffrey S. Wilson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1249-2968)
- Anna E. Merrill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5945-5937)
Institutions
- University of Iowa Health Care (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine
- Published
- 2025-08-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jalm/jfaf118
- Primary Topic
- Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00