A new application tool for the ROCHE pH electrode.

Using this tool the application of the pH electrode is nearly as easy as the attachment of a common ECG-scalp-electrode [3]. Visual control and lithotomy position is not necessary any more. The different tools are adapted to each other so that incision place and the tip of the pH electrode are automatically centered perpendicularly.

In vivo performance of the pH tissue electrode during acute acid-base changes in the dog.

The ROCHE tissue pH-electrode was tested in acute animal experiments under various metabolic conditions. In anesthetized dogs an electrode was placed in the subcutaneous tissue of the scalp, neck, and axilla. Simultaneous with the continuous measurement of tissue pH, the overall acid-base balance of the animal was measured discontinuously at 5-min intervals by means of indwelling arterial and venous catheters.