An improved approach to the patient with metabolic acidosis: A need for four amendments

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 9, 2006, Pages

  Kamel, Kamel S ^a   Halperin, Mitchell L ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Anions; Buffering; Effective circulating volume; Hematocrit; Potassium; Venous PCO2

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANION; BICARBONATE; BUFFER; CREATININE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; ISONIAZID; LONG ACTING DRUG; METHANOL; PROTEIN; RIBOFLAVIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIAMINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANION GAP; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; INSULIN DEFICIENCY; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LUNG EDEMA; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OSMOTIC DIURESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PYROGLUTAMIC ACIDOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; TUBERCULOSIS; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE OSMOLALITY; URINE PH; ACID BASE BALANCE; ACIDOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ACIDOSIS; BICARBONATES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33747118393     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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