Strong ion gap and outcome after cardiac arrest: Another nail in the coffin of traditional acid-base quantification

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-191

  Honore, Patrick M ^a   Joannes Boyau, Olivier ^b   Boer, Willem ^c  

^a Clinique Saint Pierre of Ottignies   (Belgium)

^b BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANION; BICARBONATE; GELATIN; ION; LACTIC ACID;

ACCURACY; ACID BASE BALANCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANION GAP; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; EDITORIAL; GAP JUNCTION; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PH; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; SURVIVOR; TISSUE INJURY;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ACID-BASE IMBALANCE; ACIDOSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD VESSELS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LACTIC ACID; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 59849129033     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-008-1316-0     Document Type: Editorial

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