Severe acidosis does not predict fatal outcomes in intensive care unit patients: A retrospective analysis

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 210-213

  Paz, Yoav ^a,b   Zegerman, Alexander ^a,b   Sorkine, Patrick ^a,b   Matot, Idit ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acidosis; Intensive care; Resuscitation; Sepsis; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; APACHE; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVAL; AGED; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACIDOSIS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84896695973     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2013.11.007     Document Type: Article

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