Acute mild hypothermia in awake unrestrained rats induces a mixed acid- base disorder

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2143-2150

  Alfaro, V ^a   Palacios, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

acid base status; bicarbonate; partial pressure of carbon dioxide; relative ventilation; strong ion difference; weak acids

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL HYPOTHERMIA; ACID BASE BALANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORDERS OF ACID BASE BALANCE; ION EXCHANGE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHIVERING; THERMOGENESIS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0030054653     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.80.6.2143     Document Type: Article

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