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ReviewDer Anaesthesist2007

[Base excess. Parameter with exceptional clinical significance].

W Schaffartzik

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Review in Der Anaesthesist, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Base excess (BE): reloaded.European journal of medical research · 2024
    Review
  2. Base excess determined within one hour of admission predicts mortality in patients with severe pelvic fractures and severe hemorrhagic shock.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2009
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

W SchaffartzikKlinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin, Warener Strasse 7, 12683 Berlin, Deutschland. Walter.Schaffartzik@ukb.de

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The base excess of blood (BE) plays an important role in the description of the acid-base status of a patient and is gaining in clinical interest. Apart from the Quick test, the age, the injury severity score and the Glasgow coma scale, the BE is becoming more and more important to identify, e. g. the risk of mortality for patients with multiple injuries. According to Zander the BE is calculated using the pH, pCO(2), haemoglobin concentration and the oxygen saturation of haemoglobin (sO(2)). The use of sO(2 )allows the blood gas analyser to determine only one value of BE, independent of the type of blood sample analyzed: arterial, mixed venous or venous. The BE and measurement of the lactate concentration (cLac) play an important role in diagnosing critically ill patients. In general, the change in BE corresponds to the change in cLac. If DeltaBE is smaller than DeltacLac the reason could be therapy with HCO(3)(-) but also with infusion solutions containing lactate. Physician are very familiar with the term BE, therefore, knowledge about an alkalizing or acidifying effect of an infusion solution would be very helpful in the treatment of patients, especially critically ill patients. Unfortunately, at present the description of an infusion solution with respect to BE has not yet been accepted by the manufacturers.

Indexed as

Acid-Base ImbalanceAlkaliesBlood Gas AnalysisCritical IllnessErythrocytesHumansInfusions, IntravenousLactic AcidPharmaceutical SolutionsPrognosisAlkaliesLactic AcidPharmaceutical Solutions

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