Respiratory acidosis: Is the correction with bicarbonate worth?

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 551-557

  Gattinoni, L ^a,b   Taccone, P ^b   Carlesso, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acid base equilibrium; Bicarbonate; Respiratory acidosis

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; BUFFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SODIUM ION;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE EXCRETION; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG ALVEOLUS CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG CLEARANCE; PH MEASUREMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; VENOUS BLOOD; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ACIDOSIS, RESPIRATORY; BICARBONATES; BLOOD; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA;

EID: 33745238726     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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