Acidosis and tissue hypoxia in the critically ill: How to measure it and what does it mean

Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-60

  Galley, Helen F ^b   Webster, Nigel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; LACTIC ACID; PROTON; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ACIDOSIS; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BLOOD PH; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRYSTAL; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HEART ARREST; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TISSUE LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; TISSUE PERFUSION; TONOMETRY;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ACIDOSIS; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; LACTATES; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE;

EID: 0032994384     PISSN: 10408363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408369991239178     Document Type: Review

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