The acidosis paradox: Asphyxial brain injury without coincident acidemia

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 353-356

  Hermansen, Marcus C ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID BASE BALANCE; ACIDEMIA; ACIDOSIS; ASPHYXIA; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN METABOLISM; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PH MEASUREMENT; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TISSUE LEVEL;

ACIDOSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; APGAR SCORE; ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRAIN INJURY, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037405821     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162203000653     Document Type: Review

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