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Severe metabolic or mixed acidemia on intensive care unit admission: incidence, prognosis and administration of buffer therapy. a prospective, multiple-center study

Boris Jung1, Thomas Rimmele2, Charlotte Le Goff2, Gérald Chanques1, Philippe Corne3, Olivier Jonquet3, Laurent Muller4, Jean-Yves Lefrant4, Christophe Guervilly5, Laurent Papazian5, Bernard Allaouchiche2, Samir Jaber1* and The AzuRea Group

Author Affiliations

1 Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Saint Eloi Teaching Hospital, Université Montpellier 1, 80 avenue Augustin Fliche, F-34295 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France

2 Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Edouard-Herriot Teaching Hospital, hospices civils de Lyon, pavillon G, place d'Arsonval, F-69437 Lyon Cedex 03, France

3 Medical Intensive Care Unit, Gui-de-Chauliac Teaching Hospital, Université Montpellier 1, 80 avenue Augustin Fliche, F-34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France

4 Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Division, Caremeau Teaching Hospital, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Nîmes, Place du Professeur Robert Debré, F-30029 Nîmes Cedex 9, France

5 Medical Intensive Care Unit, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, URMITE CNRS-UMR 6236, Université de la Méditerranée Aix-Marseille II, Chemin des Bourrely, 13915 Marseille cedex 20, France

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Critical Care 2011, 15:R238 doi:10.1186/cc10487

Published: 13 October 2011

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Figure S1. Individual values of pH, bicarbonatemia, lactatemia and base excess in survivors and nonsurvivors within the first 24 hours of the ICU stay.

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