New aspects of acid-base balance in intensive care

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-123

  Story, David A ^a   Kellum, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid base balance; Acidosis; Anion gap; pH; Strong ion difference; Strong ion gap

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; PROTON; TROMETAMOL;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ACIDITY; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINITY; ALKALINIZATION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ION MONITORING; KIDNEY FAILURE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 2342419311     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-200404000-00005     Document Type: Review

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