Open AccessA profile of metabolic acidosis in patients with sepsis in an Intensive Care Unit setting
Author(s) -
Kartik Ganesh,
RN Sharma,
Jaicob Varghese,
M Gopalakrishna Pillai
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of critical illness and injury science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.274
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2231-5004
pISSN - 2229-5151
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5151.195417
Subject(s) - medicine , sepsis , metabolic acidosis , intensive care unit , intensive care medicine , acidosis
Metabolic acidosis is frequently found in patients with severe sepsis. An understanding of types of acidosis in sepsis and their evolution over the course of treatment may give us insight into the behavior of acid-base balance in these patients.