Unmeasured anions account for most of the metabolic acidosis in patients with hyperlactatemia

Clinics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-62

  Maciel, Alexandre Toledo ^a   Park, Marcelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Critically ill patients; Hyperlactatemia; Lactic acidosis; Outcome; Unmeasured anions

Indexed keywords

ANION; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LACTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; ADULT; ANIONS; APACHE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LACTATES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33847670608     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322007000100009     Document Type: Article

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