1. SAMPLE OUTPUT

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__PARA****.****UNIT_
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        102         
  TIME  14:32       
  DATE AUG 12 1995  
                    
  OPID   1234       
                    
  PTID 1123411:1212  
  FIO2   0.210      
  TEMP  37.0   C    
  TYPE ARTERIAL     
                    
  HB    20.3   G%   
  PH     7.513      
  PCO2  27.2   MMHG 
  PO2   22.23  KPA  
  HCO3  21.9   MM/L 
  TCO2  22.7   MM/L 
  ABE    1.1   MM/L 
  SBE   -0.8   MM/L 
  SBC   25.4   MM/L 
  SAT   99.5   %    
  O2CT  28.6   VOL% 
                    
                    
                    
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2. UNITS

ABL  ISO(HL7)
---- --------
C    CEL
F    DEGF
MMHG MM(HG)
KPA  KPAL
PA   PAL
%    %
G%   %
VOL% %
     1
     PH
NM/L NM/L
MM/L MMOL/L


3. MEASUREMENTS

ABL  MEANING				FORMAT/CONTENTS/UNITS	LOINC[2]
---- ----------------------------------	----------------------- -----------
ABE  actual base excess			value G% MM/L		BASE EXCESS
BARO barometric pressure		value MMHG KPA		
CA   actual calcium value		value MM/L		?CALCIUM.FREE
CA-S corrected calcium value		value MM/L		?CALCIUM.TOTAL
CO2  CO2 content			value %			CARBON DIOXIDE
DATE date				MMM DD YYYY
FCO2 CO2 content (fraction) (GAS)	value			CARBON DIOXIDE.TOTAL
FIO2 fraction of inspired oxygen	value			OXYGEN INHALED
FO2  O2 content (fraction) (GAS)	value			OXYGEN
H    free protons			value NM/L		PH
HB   hemoglobin value			value G% MM/L		HEMOGLOBIN
HBCO HBCO value				value %			CARBON MONOXIDE.HEMOGLOBIN
HBO2 oxygenated hemoglobin value	value %			OXYHEMOGLOBIN.TOTAL
HCO3 bicarbonate value			value MM/L		BICARBONATE
K    potassium value			value MM/L		POTASSIUM
METHB|methemoglobin value		value %			METHEMOGLOBIN
NA   sodium value			value MM/L		SODIUM
O2   O2 content (GAS)			value %			OXYGEN
O2CT oxigen content value		value VOL% MM/L
OPID operator identification		[ 0-9]{0-4}
P50E P50 value if entered		value MMHG KPA
P50C P50 value (calculated)		value MMHG KPA
PCO2 pCO2 value				value MMHG KPA		CARBON DIOXIDE
PH   pH value				value			PH
PO2  pO2 value				value MMGH KPA PA	OXYGEN
PTID patient identification		[ 0-9:]{0-12} (right justified)
SAT  oxigen saturation value		value %			OXYGEN SATURATION
SBC  standard bicarbonate value		value MM/L
SBE  standard base excess value		value MM/L
TCO2 total CO2 value			value MM/L		CARBON DIOXIDE.TOTAL
TEMP patient temperature		value C F
TIME time				HH:MM
TYPE sample type			"", "CAPILLARY", "ARTERIAL", "VENOUS", "GAS"


4. MESSAGE FORMAT

LINE CONTENT
---- ------------------------------------------------------------------
  0  sample number
  1  time
  2  date
  3- error message(s), end of message or close inlet flap and continue
 -4  blank line
  5  operator identification (OPID)
  6  blank line
  7  patient identification (PTID)
  8  fraction of inspired oxigen (FIO2)
  9  patient temperature (TEMP)
 10  sample type (TYPE)
 11  optional blank line
 12- observation results with optional interleaved blank lines forming
     blocks of results. A block may start with an indentifier from the
     set of connected analyzers (i.e. "OSM", "ICA", "KNA") followed by
     a colon and rest of line blank.
-13  message ends with some blank lines
