Conventional or physicochemical approach in intensive care unit patients with metabolic acidosis

被引:103
作者
Moviat, M
van Haren, F
van der Hoeven, H [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Med Ctr St Radboud, Dept Intens Care Med, Nijmegen, Netherlands
[2] Jeroen Bosch Hosp, Dept Intens Care Med, Shertogenbosch, Netherlands
来源
CRITICAL CARE | 2003年 / 7卷 / 03期
关键词
acid-base disorder; hyperchloremia; metabolic acidosis; strong ion difference; strong ion gap;
D O I
10.1186/cc2184
中图分类号
R4 [临床医学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100602 ;
摘要
Introduction Metabolic acidosis is the most frequent acid-base disorder in the intensive care unit. The optimal analysis of the underlying mechanisms is unknown. Aim To compare the conventional approach with the physicochemical approach in quantifying complicated metabolic acidosis in patients in the intensive care unit Patients and methods We included 50 consecutive patients with a metabolic acidosis (standard base excess less than or equal to-5). We measured sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, chloride, lactate, creatinine, urea, phosphate, albumin, pH, and arterial carbon dioxide and oxygen tensions in every patient. We then calculated HCO3-; the base excess, the anion gap, the albumin-corrected anion gap, the apparent strong ion difference, the effective strong ion difference and the strong ion gap. Results Most patients had multiple underlying mechanisms explaining the metabolic acidosis. Unmeasured strong anions were present in 98%, hyperchloremia was present in 80% and elevated lactate levels were present in 62% of patients. Calculation of the anion gap was not useful for the detection of hyperlactatemia. There was an excellent relation between the strong ion gap and the albumin-corrected and lactate-corrected anion gap (r(2)=0.934), with a bias of 1.86 and a precision of 0.96. Conclusion Multiple underlying mechanisms are present in most intensive care unit patients with a metabolic acidosis. These mechanisms are reliably determined by measuring the lactate-corrected and albumin-corrected anion gap. Calculation of the more time-consuming strong ion gap according to Stewart is therefore unnecessary.
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