Acute phase proteins do not account for unmeasured anions in critical illness

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 820-825

  Kneidinger, N ^a   Lindner, G ^a   Fuhrmann, V ^a   Doberer, D ^a   Dunkler, D ^a   Schneeweiss, B ^a   Funk, G C ^b,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Wiener Krankenanstaltenverbund   (Austria)

^c Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Author keywords

Acid base; Metabolic acidosis; Physicochemical approach; Strong ion gap

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN;

ACIDEMIA; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ACID-BASE IMBALANCE; ADULT; AGED; ANIONS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34748861831     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2007.01857.x     Document Type: Article

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