The strong ion gap and outcome after cardiac arrest in patients treated with therapeutic hypothermia: A retrospective study

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 232-239

  Funk, Georg Christian ^a   Doberer, Daniel ^b   Sterz, Fritz ^b   Richling, Nina ^b   Kneidinger, Nikolaus ^b   Lindner, Gregor ^b   Schneeweiss, Bruno ^b   Eisenburger, Philip ^b  

^a Otto Wagner Spital   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acidosis; Anion gap; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Hypothermia; Lactate; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANION; BICARBONATE; ION;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ADULT; ANION GAP; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRONG ION GAP; SURVIVAL TIME; TEMPERATURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ION TRANSPORT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59849111885     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-008-1315-1     Document Type: Article

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