Disturbances of acid-base balance in cirrhosis: A neglected issue warranting further insights

Liver International

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 463-466

  Bernardi, Mauro ^a   Predieri, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; KETONE; LACTIC ACID; LIPID; NUCLEIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTON; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFURIC ACID;

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ASCITES; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BODY FLUID; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISORDERS OF ACID BASE BALANCE; EDEMA; EDITORIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID OXIDATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG DISEASE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; MORTALITY; PH; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ACID-BASE IMBALANCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS;

EID: 20844463265     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2005.01115.x     Document Type: Editorial

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