Re-Evaluation of Acid-Base Prediction Rules in Patients with Chronic Respiratory Acidosis

Tereza Martinu; Dick Menzies; Sandra Dial

doi:10.1155/2003/818404

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2003)

Re-Evaluation of Acid-Base Prediction Rules in Patients with Chronic Respiratory Acidosis

Tereza Martinu,
Dick Menzies,
Sandra Dial

Affiliations

Tereza Martinu: Respiratory Epidemiology Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Dick Menzies: Respiratory Epidemiology Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sandra Dial: Respiratory Epidemiology Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2003/818404
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 6
pp. 311 – 315

Abstract

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RATIONALE: The prediction rules for the evaluation of the acid-base status in patients with chronic respiratory acidosis, derived primarily from an experimental canine model, suggest that complete compensation should not occur. This appears to contradict frequent observations of normal or near-normal pH levels in patients with chronic hypercapnia.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7503

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