title: Assessment of acid-base disturbances employing a desk-top computer.
abstract: Patients in an intensive care unit have had their acid-base status satisfactorily assessed for some months using a desktop computer. Any department able to juxtapose an Astrup apparatus and a programmable calculator will find the method convenient to use.
mesh_terms: D000136:Acid-Base Equilibrium; D000142:Acidosis, Respiratory / Q000378:metabolism; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D003201:Computers; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008433:Mathematics; D012044:Regression Analysis
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide