Correlating arterial blood gas, acid-base and blood pressure abnormalities with outcomes in COVID-19 intensive care patients.
Morne C BezuidenhoutOwen J WieseDesiree MoodleyElizna MaasdorpMogamat R DavidsCoenraad Fn KoegelenbergUsha LallaAye A Khine-WamonoAnnalise E ZemlinBrian W AllwoodPublished in: Annals of clinical biochemistry (2020)
The majority of the study population admitted to intensive care unit had an alkalaemia on arterial blood gas. A higher pH and lower partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood on arterial blood gas analysis were significantly associated with survival.
Keyphrases
- intensive care unit
- blood pressure
- end stage renal disease
- room temperature
- coronavirus disease
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- type diabetes
- carbon dioxide
- mechanical ventilation
- skeletal muscle
- hypertensive patients
- ionic liquid
- patient reported
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus