Defining acidosis in postoperative cardiac patients using Stewart’s method of strong ion difference*
Objective: To define the true incidence and nature of acidosis
in pediatric patients postcardiac surgery, using Stewart’s direct
method of measuring strong ion difference. We also wished to
compare the ability of standard indirect methods (base deficit,
lactate, anion gap, and corrected anion gap) to accurately predict
tissue acidosis.
Design: A single-center prospective observational study.
Setting: A pediatric intensive care unit in [...]
Tags: pediatric; intensive care; cardiac surgery; metabolic acidosis; strong ion difference