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What is an Arterial Blood Gas test?

An arterial blood gas (ABG) test measures the levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide in your blood. It also measures your body's acid-base (pH) level, which is normally balanced in healthy people.

Measuring oxygen level indicates how well your lungs are working,how well they can move oxygen from the air into the blood, measurement of carbon dioxide level tells about how well your lungs can remove carbon dioxide from the blood.  Maintaining the normal pH of our blood is must if the blood becomes slightly too acidic or alkaline then it may cause a serious life threatening complications.Lungs and kidney are mainly responsible for maintaining the acid-base balance in our body therefore this test can help in determining and monitoring the conditions which may affects the lung and kidney.

Benefits of ABG test

• Useful in the assessment of acid-base balance

• Monitoring the ongoing treatment whether the treatment is effective or not especially in critically ill patient

• Monitoring the prognosis of the existing disease.

• Diagnosing serious conditions of lungs and kidney disease

Who needs an ABG testing

• Symptoms suggesting a problem related to acid-base balance such as nausea, rapid heartbeat,confusion,arrhythmia,fatigue,muscle twitching etc

• Person treated for a lung disease such as asthma,COPD, cystic fibrosis etc

• If you have carbon monoxide poisoning, a recent head or neck injury which can affect your breathing or had an inhalation injury due to breathing in smoke,inhalation of harmful chemicals etc.

• This test is also routinely ordered for patients who are receiving oxygen therapy in a hospital

Preparation for this test

• If you are on oxygen therapy then your health care provider may turn off the oxygen 20-30 minutes before the test
• Tell your doctor if you are taking any medicines regularly
• Stay calm
• Avoid consumption of alcohol and smoking before the test

Procedure for this test

• In most of the blood tests the sample of the blood from the vein is taken, however in ABG test the sample is taken from the artery as the arteries have the highest level of oxygen. 
• As blood sample collection from the artery is more discomforting than the blood sample collection from the vein . your doctor may apply some numbing cream on the skin
• After this the healthcare professional will insert a needle with a syringe into an artery to collect the blood sample
• After collecting the appropriate amount of sample the needle is removed and the puncture site is covered with the cotton bandage. A light pressure is applied to the punctures site for at least 5 mins to avoid bleeding.
• After this the sample is sent to the lab for further analyses

Aftercare

No special care is needed after the procedure, just leave your dressing strip for at least 15 mins.

The cost of an Arterial Blood Gas Test in Delhi: 

The Arterial Blood Gas Test costs vary by region and facility. So, get tested at a trustworthy diagnostic centre like Ganesh Diagnostic. The average ABG test price in Delhi is around Rs 400 to 1000. You can book your ABG test in delhi with ganesh diagnostic centre and get a discount upto 50% off 

Required documents 

>>A doctor's prescription.
>>A valid government ID.

Choose Ganesh diagnostic centre for ABG test

• Ganesh diagnostic provides quality services at an affordable price. We have no competition when it comes to pricing of the tests
• We are accredited with NABL 
• We provide 100% accurate result
• We are equipped with latest technologies 
• We provide free home sample collection services