Base Deficit In the Immediate Postoperative Period of Open-Heart Surgery and Patient Outcome

Background:Base deficit is a non-respiratory indicator of acid base status that evaluates the severity of shock at the cellular level. Base deficit results from cellular metabolism of pyruvate under anaerobic conditions. In this situation, base deficit is a sensitive marker of the magnitude of anaer...

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Main Authors: F. Sabzi, H. Teimouri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iran University of Medical Sciences 2008-02-01
Series:Medical Journal of The Islamic Republic of Iran
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Online Access:http://mjiri.tums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-192&slc_lang=en&sid=1