Publications by authors named "Ashima Synghal Sahni"
Background: Clinicians frequently assume that during arterial puncture for measuring arterial blood gases patients hyperventilate from pain and anxiety. This assumption leads clinicians to falsely interpret a PaCO and pH near the upper limit of normal as a chronic respiratory acidosis corrected by an acute respiratory alkalosis.
Objective: Determine if participants hyperventilate during arterial puncture from pain and anxiety.