Severe Alkalemia (pH 7.85): Compatible with Life? A Triple Acid-Base Conundrum
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Severe Alkalemia (pH 7.85): Compatible with Life? A Triple Acid-Base Conundrum Kishan B Patel1, James Espinosa2, Joan Wiley3, Nicholas Roy4, Alan Lucerna5 1Department of Emergency medicine/ Internal Medicine resident at Rowan-SOM in Stratford, NJ, USA. 2Assistant professor, Department of Emergency at Rowan-SOM and an attending physician at Kennedy USA. 3Associate program director of emergency medicine residency at Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine and an attending physician at Kennedy USA. 4Pulmonary Critical Care, Kennedy University Hospital, Washington Twp, NJ, USA. 5Pulmonary Critical Care, Rowan-SOM, Stratford, NJ, USA. Corresponding Author: Kishan B Patel, Department of Emergency medicine/ Internal Medicine resident at Rowan-SOM in Stratford, NJ, USA, Tel: 765-448-8000; Email: [email protected]
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تاریخ انتشار 2017