To define "steady-state" chronic hypercapnia in man, we studied 20 patients with stable carbon dioxide tensions from 34 to 103 mm of mercury and with no apparent complicating disorders. The whole-body ...

Recently, Becker et al. 1 reported a malnourished case with coma who had severe hypophosphataemia that was linked to the presence of hyperammonaemia by the authors. Finally, the authors made the ...

The bioenergetics of lactate generation can be summarized as follows: glucose + 2(ADP + inorganic phosphate) → 2 lactate + 2 H + + 2 ATP. Production of lactate ions by means of glycolysis is ...

Metabolic acidosis is characterized by a primary reduction in serum bicarbonate (HCO 3 −) concentration, a secondary decrease in the arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO 2) of ∼1 mmHg for ...

A new study of patients receiving care for acute heart failure at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel, investigated how their clinical outcomes might be affected by elevated lactate levels and ...