Acid-base balance following Tityus serrulatus scorpion envenoming in anaesthetized rats

Toxicon

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 855-864

  De Mônico Magalhães, Mônica ^a   Ladeira Garbacio, Viviane ^a   Barros De Almeida, Marcelo ^a   Casimiro Alves Braz, Alvaro ^a   Moraes Santos, Tasso ^a   Freire Maia, Lineu ^a   Renan Cunha Melo, José ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; SCORPION VENOM;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVENOMATION; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANIMALS; ARACHNIDISM; CARBON DIOXIDE; EATING; FASTING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SCORPION VENOMS;

ANIMALIA; SCORPIONES; TITYUS SERRULATUS;

EID: 0343049119     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(99)00202-0     Document Type: Article

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