https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/23184/blood-gas-analysers Do you have one? How often do you use it? Could you live without one now? Has it changed the way you approach or treat cases at all? I&#39;m trying to get some info together that I can present to my bosses in an attempt to get one for our main hospitalen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/141459?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 13 Aug 2015 14:12:28 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:f5fe451e-100e-4a40-a34a-bc7e7fd5712eMichael Woodhouse<p>It is useful. We are a smaller practice and looked at various options for in house bloods and went for an I-Stat machine. It allows us to do blood gasses, electrolytes along with some basic biochemistry (urea/creatinine) and a PCV/haemaglobin level. It is also useful as it can measure clotting times - we see a reasonable number of rat poisoned dogs.</p> <p>I kind of figured that the things most likely to quickly kill an animal were covered. I can wait a day or two for liver enzymes, the excess potassium, lack of calcium etc could have killed it by then.</p> <p>I was frightened we wouldn&#39;t get the use out of it and we are using it multiple times some days. Portable so even take it out to farm. </p> <p>If you are wanting lactate only then stand alone analysers are available for little money (like a glucometer).</p> <p>For a smaller practice or a branch surgery the I-Stat is ideal IMO. You&#39;d have to be a big practice to justify one as well as other analysers. </p> <p>Just my take on it.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>