The association between acid-base status and clinical outcome in critically ill COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care unit with an emphasis on high anion gap metabolic acidosis.

Annalise E ZemlinLovemore N SigwadhiOwen J WieseThumeka P JalavuZivanai C ChapandukaBrian W AllwoodJacques L TamuziCoenraad F KoegelenbergElvis M IrusenUsha LallaVeranyuy D NgahAnteneh YalewRajiv T ErasmusTandi E MatshaAlimuddin ZumlaPeter S Nyasulunull null

Published in: Annals of clinical biochemistry (2022)

Most of the COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU had an alkalosis, and those with acidosis had a much worse prognosis. Higher AG metabolic acidosis was not associated with patients' characteristics.

Keyphrases

intensive care unit
coronavirus disease
sars cov
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
mechanical ventilation
peritoneal dialysis
quantum dots
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
patient reported outcomes
highly efficient
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation