Use of serum bicarbonate measurement in place of arterial base deficit in the surgical intensive care unit

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 745-751

  Martin, Matthew J ^a,b   FitzSullivan, Elizabeth ^a   Salim, Ali ^a   Berne, Thomas V ^a   Towfigh, Shirin ^a   Stain, Steven C ^c   Mullins, Richard J ^c   Shabot, Michael M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Los Angeles County General Hospital   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANION GAP; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; AGED; BICARBONATES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 23844463284     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.140.8.745     Document Type: Article

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