Metabolic alkalosis is the most common acid-base disorder in ICU patients.

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Metabolic alkalosis is the most common acid-base disorder in ICU patients.

Crit Care. 2014;18(2):420

Authors: Mæhle K, Haug B, Flaatten H, Nielsen E

Abstract
Publications give diverging information as to which metabolic acid-base disorder is the most common in the ICU. We explored the distribution of base excess (BE) values in a large number of ICU patients and evaluated if this distribution was related to rising sodium values after admission.

PMID: 25001067 [PubMed - in process]

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