title: Acid-base disorders: application of total body carbon dioxide titration in anesthesia.
abstract: Every anesthesiologist is aware of the importance of acid-base determinations, but the multiplicity of duties required in clinical anesthesia often leave time for blood-gas measurements at most. The author presents a relatively simple four-step system for more complete interpretation, with biomathematical back-grounding. In summary, he points out that the dominant parameter remains the patient's clinical history in relation to hydrogen ion, Paco2, and bicarbonate.
mesh_terms: D000136:Acid-Base Equilibrium; D000142:Acidosis, Respiratory / Q000209:etiology; D000472:Alkalosis, Respiratory / Q000209:etiology; D000758:Anesthesia; D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000378:metabolism; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D001823:Body Composition; D002021:Buffers / Q000378:metabolism; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007526:Isoelectric Point; D007668:Kidney / Q000502:physiology; D008168:Lung / Q000502:physiology; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001639:Bicarbonates; D002021:Buffers; D011506:Proteins; D002245:Carbon Dioxide