Many crystalloid and colloid plasma expanders can induce 'hyperchloremic' metabolic acidosis. This finding, first reported over 50 years ago, has received renewed interest following the recent ...

HYPERCHLOREMIC acidosis is a characteristic feature of a variety of kidney diseases that have in common impairment of urinary acidification with the excretion of an alkaline urine. These disorders, ...

Critically ill patients with metabolic acidosis are twice as likely to die as patients who do not have metabolic acidosis. A study published today in the journal Critical Care shows that the mortality ...

Hyperchloremia is an electrolyte imbalance that occurs when there’s too much chloride in the blood. It can develop from excessive diarrhea, kidney disease, certain medications, or other causes.

Student essay from Cornell University Medical College. Supported in part by a grant, CS 9110, from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health. From the Department of Surgery, ...

Montpellier University Hospital leads a 43-center French effort that reports no reduction in day 90 all-cause mortality with sodium bicarbonate infusion for critically ill adults with severe metabolic ...

When your body is healthy, it maintains pH balance on its own. However, certain health conditions can cause pH imbalances, which make it difficult for your body to function properly. Sometimes, ...

Metabolic acidosis induced by the administration of large volumes of ISS is a reality, but the choice between'balanced' plasma expanders and 'ISS' is certainly not the most important issue to be ...

Critically ill patients with metabolic acidosis are twice as likely to die as patients who do not have metabolic acidosis. A study published today in the journal Critical Care shows that the mortality ...