Acid-base disarrangement and gastric intramucosal acidosis predict outcome from major trauma Desarranjo ácido-base e acidose gástrica intramucosal predizem desfecho de trauma grave

INTRODUCTION: This prospective non-interventional study intended to assess the prognostic value of gastric intramucosal acidosis in patients with severe trauma admitted to a medical/surgical ICU. METHODS: Gastric tonometer catheters were introduced to measure air PCO2 level (Tonocap device) in forty...

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Main Authors: José O. Calvete, Leonardo Schonhorst, Diego M. Moura, Gilberto Friedman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Médica Brasileira 2008-04-01
Series:Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-42302008000200012