[Usefulness of a blood gas analyzer using fluorescent method].

Nowadays, blood gas analysis is mainly performed by instruments using electrode methods, which have some disadvantage of instrumentation, troublesome maintenance and measuring procedures. An AVL's new blood gas analyzer works with optodes sensors based on optical fluorescence. We have studied the quality difference among cartridge lots and the effect of hemoglobin concentration on the measurements. We have also studied the relationship between actual measurements and reference values from tonometry. An AVL's new blood gas analyzer has shown good results in the tests.