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ReviewMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2025

The Role of Venous Blood Gas Analysis in Critical Care: A Narrative Review.

Dario Giani, Michele Cosimo Santoro, Maurizio Gabrielli, Roberta Di Luca, Martina Malaspina, Maria Lumare, Licia Antonella Scatà, Martina Pala, Alberto Manno, Marcello Candelli and 3 more

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Review in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Dario GianiDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0009-0006-1281-787X
Michele Cosimo SantoroDepartment of Emergency, Anesthesiological and Reanimation Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Maurizio GabrielliDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7372-9714
Roberta Di LucaDepartment of Emergency, Anesthesiological and Reanimation Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Martina MalaspinaDepartment of Emergency, Anesthesiological and Reanimation Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Maria LumareDepartment of Emergency, Anesthesiological and Reanimation Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Licia Antonella ScatàDepartment of Emergency, Anesthesiological and Reanimation Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Martina PalaDepartment of Emergency, Anesthesiological and Reanimation Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Alberto MannoDepartment of Emergency, Anesthesiological and Reanimation Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Marcello CandelliDepartment of Emergency, Anesthesiological and Reanimation Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8443-7880
Marcello CovinoDepartment of Emergency, Anesthesiological and Reanimation Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6709-2531
Antonio GasbarriniDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6230-1779
Francesco FranceschiDepartment of Emergency, Anesthesiological and Reanimation Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

ABG analysis is the gold standard for assessing acid-base balance, oxygenation, and ventilation in critically ill patients, but it is invasive and associated with patient discomfort and potential complications. Venous blood gas (VBG) analysis offers a less invasive alternative, although its clinical utility remains debated. This review evaluates the current evidence on VBG analysis, exploring its correlation with ABG, clinical applications, and limitations. Studies show a strong correlation between ABG and VBG for pH and a good correlation for bicarbonate and base excess in most cases, while the correlation for pCO

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Blood Gas AnalysisCritical CareAcid-Base EquilibriumCarbon DioxideCritical IllnessHumansOxygenCarbon DioxideOxygenarterialblood gas analysiscritical careemergency departmentvenous

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PMID40870384
PMCPMC12387505

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