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* '''<span style="color:#ff0000">Corporal blood gas by aspiration</span>''' | * '''<span style="color:#ff0000">Corporal blood gas by aspiration</span>''' | ||
** '''<span style="color:#ff0000">Should be obtained in the emergency evaluation of priapism</span>[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35536142/ ★]''' | ** '''<span style="color:#ff0000">Should be obtained in the emergency evaluation of priapism</span>[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35536142/ ★]''' | ||
***Clinical situations where a blood gas may be omitted at the clinician’s discretion (3): | |||
***#Priapism induced by in-office or at home ICI therapies | |||
***#Cases of recurrent ischemic priapism (i.e., SCD) | |||
***#When the diagnosis is abundantly clear by history and examination alone | |||
**Most common diagnostic methods of distinguishing acute ischemic priapism from non-ischemic priapism when the diagnosis cannot be made by history alone | **Most common diagnostic methods of distinguishing acute ischemic priapism from non-ischemic priapism when the diagnosis cannot be made by history alone | ||
**Blood aspirated from the corpus cavernosum in patients with acute ischemic priapism is hypoxic (dark red), while corporal blood in NIP patients is normally oxygenated (bright red) | **Blood aspirated from the corpus cavernosum in patients with acute ischemic priapism is hypoxic (dark red), while corporal blood in NIP patients is normally oxygenated (bright red) | ||