Con: pH-stat management of blood gases is preferable to alpha-stat in patients undergoing brain cooling for cardiac surgery.
Burrows
F A
FA
Department of Anesthesia, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
D001831:Body Temperature / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D002648:Child; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood*
D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen