background: the aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of arterial blood gases (abgs) in determining the type of intoxication. methods: medical charts of all patients who had referred to the toxicology ward of baharloo hospital between january 2009 and december 2009 were evaluated. after excluding the patients with multi-drug toxicity, data, including age, sex, type of intoxication (the...

The introduction of the micro-Astrup technique (Siggaard Andersen, Engel, J0rgensen, and Astrup, 1960) with the subsequent modification of the nomogram (Siggaard Andersen, 1962) has given a rapid and simple method for separating the respiratory and metabolic components of acid-base equilibrium in the blood. Arterialized capillary blood from a heel stab has been used for the estimation ofpH and ...

V . O2 is identical to tissue V . O2. This is extremely diffi cult to achieve clinically, particularly in mechanically ventilated subjects. Also determination of V . O2 becomes progressively less accurate as FIO2 increases. Various alternative means of measuring V . O2 which overcome some of these diffi culties are available and may be more appropriate for clinical use. For example, a pneumotac...

Antimicrobials are one of the most widely prescribed classes of therapeutic agents. Although adverse effects of antimicrobials are generally minimal and reversible, serious sequelae can sometimes remain, such as unusual forms of renal failure, acid base disturbance and electrolyte abnormalities. Many antimicrobials, especially vancomycin or aminoglycosides, are associated with development of ac...