Survival put to the acid test: Extreme arterial blood acidosis (pH 6.33) after near drowning

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1431-1436

  Opdahl, Helge ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acidosis; Anoxemia; Buffers; Cardiac arrest; Cerebral ischemic; Epinephrine; Near drowning; Resuscitation; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ADRENALIN; BICARBONATE; ISOPRENALINE; TROMETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOXIA; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEAR DROWNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SHOCK;

EID: 0030794312     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199708000-00035     Document Type: Article

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