How acidopneic is my patient? A new question in the pulmonary laboratory

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1349-1350

  Gaston, Benjamin ^a   Hunt, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; EOSINOPHIL PEROXIDASE; GLUTAMINASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPOCHLOROUS ACID; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ACIDOPNEIC; ACIDOSIS; AIRWAY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE MARKER; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; HYPERVENTILATION; LUNG FUNCTION; NEUTROPHIL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STEROID THERAPY; BREATH ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; NOTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; BRONCHIECTASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; HUMANS;

EID: 0037092551     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2203052     Document Type: Editorial

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