The place of THAM in the management of acidemia in clinical practice

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 524-527

  Holmdahl, M H ^b   Wiklund, L ^c   Wetterberg, T ^a   Streat, S ^c   Wahlander, S ^c   Sutin, K ^c   Nahas, G ^c  

^a King Faisal Specialty Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; TROMETAMOL;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ACIDEMIA; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE INJURY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ACIDOSIS; BUFFERS; HUMANS; TROMETHAMINE;

EID: 0034011459     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2000.00506.x     Document Type: Review

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