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Operator’s Manual – OPTI CCA-TS A-5
APPENDIX A - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Reference Ranges
Parameter Units Range Reference Source
Actual bicarbonate (HCO3-) mmol/L 18 to 23
Tietz
1
, page 2179
Base excess (BE) mmol/L -2 to +3
Tietz
1
, page 2179
Base excess ecf (BE
ecf
) mmol/L -2 to +3
Tietz
1
, page 2179
Base excess actual (BE
act
) mmol/L -2 to +3
Tietz
1
, page 2179
Buffer bases (BB) mmol/L 46 to 52
Henry
2
, page 152
Total CO
2
(tCO
2
) mmol/L 22 to 29
Tietz
1
, page 2181
Standard bicarbonate (st.HCO
3
-)
mmol/L 22 to 24
Shapiro
3
, page 175
Standard pH (st.pH) pH units 7.35 to 7.45
Tietz
1
, page 2201
Oxygen saturation ( S O
2
(c)) % 95.0 to 98.0
Henry
2
, page 1453
Oxygen content (O
2
ct) vol % 15.0 to 23.0
Tietz
1
, page 2200
Hematocrit (Hct(c)) % 34 to 51
Tietz
1
, page 2192
Hydrogen ion concentration (cH
+
) nmol/L 36 to 44
Tietz
1
, page 2201
Alveolar-arterial oxygen partial mmHg 5 to 20
Henry
2
, page 157
pressure difference (AaDO
2
)
Anion Gap (AG) mmol/L 10 to 20
Tietz
1
, page 2178
P50 mmHg 25 to 29
Tietz
1
, page 1392
Normalized ionized calcium (nCa
++
) mmol/L 0.1 to 3.0
1
Tietz, Norbert.W., “Reference Intervals”, pp 2175-2217, Tietz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry, 2nd Edition, Philadelphia,
W.B. Saunders Co., 1994.
2
Henry JB, “Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods”, 19th Edition, Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders Co.,
1996
3
Shapiro BA, Peruzzi WT, Kozelowski-Templin R. “Clinical Application of Blood Gases”, 5th Ed.,(Chicago: Mosby, 1994)