What is it about?
Some contrast media used to visualise tissues during radiology imaging procedures can impart a green hue to blood collected in a hospital setting.
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Why is it important?
‘Green Blood’ is not just an interesting curiosity but can have important clinical implications. For example, it precludes the use of pulse oximetry which is commonly used in hospital wards to measure blood oxygen saturation.
Perspectives
This succinct report gives guidance on the causes of green blood in the hospital and how to handle such a situation.
Dr Ravinder Sodi
Imperial College London
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This page is a summary of: Green Serum After Parathyroidectomy, Clinical Chemistry, November 2017, AACC,
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2017.276352.
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