Bench-to-bedside review Fundamental principles of acid-base physiology.docVIP

Critical Care April 2005 Vol 9 No 2 Corey Review Bench-to-bedside review: Fundamental principles of acid-base physiology Howard E Corey Director, The Children’s Kidney Center of New Jersey, Atlantic Health System, Morristown, New Jersey, USA Corresponding author: Howard E Corey, howard.corey@ Published online: 29 November 2004 Critical Care 2005, 9:184-192 (DOI 10.1186/cc2985) This article is online at /content/9/2/184 ? 2004 BioMed Central Ltd Abstract Assuming that [CO32–] is small, Eqn 1 may be re-expressed: Complex acid–base disorders arise frequently in critically ill p