TY - JOUR T1 - Arterialisation of transcutaneous oxygen and carbon dioxide. JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 1395 LP - 1396 DO - 10.1136/adc.63.11.1395 VL - 63 IS - 11 AU - E Broadhurst AU - P Helms AU - H Vyas AU - G Cheriyan Y1 - 1988/11/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/63/11/1395.abstract N2 - We compared previously calculated global correction factors for oxygen and carbon dioxide arterial/transcutaneous ratios with individual in vivo calibrations from the first arterial sample. In infants beyond the neonatal period and older children in vivo calibration confers little benefit over the use of a global calibration correction factor for transcutaneous carbon dioxide, and may reduce the precision with which arterial oxygen can be estimated from transcutaneous oxygen. ER -