Assessing acid-base disorders

Kidney International

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1239-1247

  Adrogué, Horacio J ^a,b,c   Gennari, F John ^d   Galla, John H ^e   Madias, Nicolaos E ^f,g  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Base excess approach; Physicochemical approach; Physiological approach; Stewart approach

Indexed keywords

BUFFER;

BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PH; BODY FLUID; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISORDERS OF ACID BASE BALANCE; HUMAN; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 71149112979     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2009.359     Document Type: Review

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