Severe hyperlactatemia with normal base excess: a quantitative analysis using conventional and Stewart approaches

INTRODUCTION: Critically ill patients might present complex acid–base disorders, even when the pH, PCO(2), [HCO(3)(-)], and base excess ([BE]) levels are normal. Our hypothesis was that the acidifying effect of severe hyperlactatemia is frequently masked by alkalinizing processes that normalize the...

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Autores principales: Tuhay, Graciela, Pein, María Carolina, Masevicius, Fabio Daniel, Kutscherauer, Daniela Olmos, Dubin, Arnaldo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2481449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18466618
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc6896

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