[The acid-base status in infants with complete transposition of the great arteries (author's transl)].
In 36 infants with complete transposition of the great arteries aged one day to ten weeks, the acid-base balance was studied before, during, and after heart catheterization. The results indicate the dependency of the acid-base equilibrium on pulmonary function. Infants with only small shunts or with decreased pulmonary blood flow had a metabolic acidosis. Impairment of lung function either by high pulmonary blood flow, pulmonary congestion, or pneumonia caused mixed acidosis. Regulary found after heart catheterization and angiocardiography we found a more severe and mixeden acidosis. The therapeutic implications are briefly discussed.
D000136:Acid-Base Equilibrium; D000138:Acidosis / Q000209:etiology; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000378:metabolism*; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism*
Untersuchungen zum Säure-Basen-Haushalt bei Säuglingen mit Transposition der grossen Gefässe