Base Excess and Strong Ion Difference: Clinical Limitations Related to Inaccuracy [7]

Anesthesiology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 459-460

  Zander, Rolf ^b   Lang, Werner ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID BASE BALANCE; ALKALOSIS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CALCULATION; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISORDERS OF ACID BASE BALANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ACID-BASE IMBALANCE; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 1642538441     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200402000-00053     Document Type: Letter

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