Base excess significantly corrected for the variations in apparent dissociation constant for human blood gas testing.
We introduce a pragmatic approach towards the corrected Base Excess (BE) by including the large variability of the apparent dissociation constant pK' in non-logarithmic form in Henderson-Hasselbach bicarbonate ion equilibria thereby resulting in a significant correction both in calculated bicarbonate ion concentration and BE at 37 degrees C.
Rana
Amar P S
AP
ALT.CMOS, Sunnyvale, CA 94087, USA. marty@alt-cmos.com
Rana
Sam Pal
SP
Rana
Jay Pal
JP
Kaur
Taranpreet
T
D000136:Acid-Base Equilibrium; D000818:Animals; D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000032:analysis*; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
D001639:Bicarbonates