title: A comprehensive, computer-model-based approach for diagnosis and treatment of complex acid-base disorders in critically-ill patients.
abstract: We have developed a computer-model-based approach to quantitatively diagnose the causes of metabolic acid-base disorders in critically-ill patients. We use an interstitial-plasma-erythrocyte (IPE) model that is sufficiently detailed to accurately calculate steady-state changes from normal in fluid volumes and electrolyte concentrations in a given patient due to a number of causes of acid-base disorders. Normal fluid volumes for each patient are determined from their sex, height and weight using regression equations derived from measured data in humans. The model inputs (electrolyte masses and volumes) are altered to simulate the laboratory chemistry of each critically-ill patient. In this process, the model calculates changes in body-fluid volumes, osmolality and yields the individual values of IPE base excess (BE(IPE)) attributed to changes due to: (1) fluid dilution/contraction, (2) gain or loss of Cl(-), (3) hyper- or hypoalbuminemia, (4) presence of unmeasured ions, (5) gain of lactate, (6) gain or loss of phosphate, (7) gain or loss of calcium and magnesium, (8) gain or loss of potassium and (9) gain or loss of sodium. We use critically-ill patient data to show how our new approach is more informative and much simpler to interpret as compared to the approaches of Siggaard-Andersen or Stewart. We demonstrate how the model can be used at the bedside to diagnose acid-base disorders and suggest appropriate treatment. Hence, this new approach gives clinicians a new tool for diagnosing disorders and specifying fluid-therapy options for critically-ill patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29209, USA. matt.wolf@uscmed.sc.edu
authors.forename: Matthew B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: Edward C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Deland
mesh_terms: D000136:Acid-Base Equilibrium; D000137:Acid-Base Imbalance / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D000465:Algorithms; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
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