title: [Acid-base balance and electrolytes in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with bacterial and lymphocytic meningitis].
abstract: Acid-base balance and electrolytes concentration in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with bacterial and lymphocytic meningitis were assessed. Inflammatory process causing the damage of blood-brain barrier and brains hypoxia leads to statistically significant changes of pH, pO2, bicarbonates and K+ concentrations in CSF of patients with bacterial meningitis, which in lymphocytic meningitis were not observed. Patients with fatal; outcome of bacterial meningitis showed higher CSF's acidosis and lover bicarbonates with higher K+ concentrations, which suggest deeper damage of brain hemostasis regulating mechanisms in those patients.
authors.affiliation: Z I Kliniki Chorób Zakaźnych Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej w Katowicach.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wiczkowski
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dyla
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kepa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sawaryn
mesh_terms: D000137:Acid-Base Imbalance / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D006487:Hemostasis / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008216:Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D008581:Meningitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011188:Potassium / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid
chemical_list: D004573:Electrolytes; D011188:Potassium