Clinical review: The meaning of acid-base abnormalities in the intensive care unit - Epidemiology

Critical Care

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 508-516

  Gunnerson, Kyle J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID BASE BALANCE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISORDERS OF ACID BASE BALANCE; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; HUMAN; HYPERCHLOREMIC ACIDOSIS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; STRONG ION GAP METABOLIC ACIDOSIS;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ACID-BASE IMBALANCE; ACIDOSIS; ALBUMINS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTROLYTES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

EID: 27144448094     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc3796     Document Type: Review

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