title: Acidemia in severe acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema treated with noninvasive pressure support ventilation: how severe is the acidosis?
authors.affiliation: aPulmonology Department Chief, Military Hospital bDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Panamericana Clinic cDepartment of Respiratory Medicine - Intensive Care, Santa Maria Clinic, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
authors.forename: Killen H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Briones Claudett
mesh_terms: D000138:Acidosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000379:methods*; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000150:complications*