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01-04-2019 | Letter to the Editor
In response: Blood CO2 exchange monitoring, Haldane effect and other calculations in sepsis and critical illness
Authors:
J. Mesquida, P. Saludes, C. Espinal, G. Gruartmoner
Published in:
Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing
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Issue 2/2019
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Excerpt
We want to thank Drs. Chiarla and Giovannini for their interest and their insightful comments on our study [
1,
2]. We absolutely agree with the conclusion that P
cvaCO
2/C
avO
2 reflects not only the ongoing anaerobic CO
2 production, but also the buffer power of blood [
2], and we congratulate Chiarla and Giovannini for their concise physiological elucidation. We also believe that the combination of these effects is highly responsible for the enhanced prognostic significance of this variable. …