THE ACID-BASE BALANCE OF PREMATURE INFANTS 1

Medical Acid-base Balance

an increase in the number of poisonings occurring in the province or from an increase in the number of enquiries with no change in the number of poisonings. (ii) there was an increase in 1976 in the number of prescriptions dispensed and therefore an increase in the number of drugs consumed. (iii) the increase in enquiries about poisoning in children, if it reflects an increase in actual poisoni...

Disorders of Acid-base Balance

Maintenance of acid-base homeostasis is a vital function of the living organism. Deviations of systemic acidity in either direction can impose adverse consequences and when severe can threaten life itself. Acid-base disorders frequently are encountered in the outpatient and especially in the inpatient setting. Effective management of acid-base disturbances, commonly a challenging task, rests wi...

Disorders of acid-base balance.

BACKGROUND Intensivists spend much of their time managing problems related to fluids, electrolytes, and blood pH. Recent advances in the understanding of acid-base physiology have resulted from the application of basic physical-chemical principles of aqueous solutions to blood plasma. All changes in blood pH, in health and in disease, occur through changes in three variables: carbon dioxide, re...

Fundamentals of acid-base balance.

Acid-base determinations in normal premature infants in the first two months of life.

In a previous report from this unit (Malan, Evans, and Heese, 1965) it was shown that in the first 72 hours of life there are several differences in acid-base status between premature and full-term infants. While term infants approached normal levels for adults, the pattern in premature babies was unstable, with a tendency towards acidosis. Metabolic (nonrespiratory) acidosis has been recorded ...