Reliability of the enterprise point-of-care (EPOC) blood analyzer's calculated arterial oxygen-hemoglobin saturation in immobilized white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum)

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Mtetwa, Thembeka Kim
Snelling, Edward P.
Donaldson, Ashleigh Claire
Buss, Peter Erik
Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney

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Wiley

Abstract

CONCLUSIONS: The EPOC cSaO2 is unreliable and should not be used to monitor blood oxygenation in immobilized white rhinoceroses.
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Blood gas analysis, Hypoxemia, Oxygen saturation, Wildlife, Enterprise point-of-care (EPOC), White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum), SDG-03: Good health and well-being

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Mtetwa, TK, Snelling, EP, Donaldson, AC, Buss, PE, Meyer, LCR. Reliability of the Enterprise Point-of-Care (EPOC) blood analyzer's calculated arterial oxygen-hemoglobin saturation in immobilized white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum). Veterinary Clinical Pathology 2023; 52: 417-421. doi:10.1111/vcp.13236.