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Metabolic Acidosis and the Use of Buffers in the Critically III

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Metabolic acidosis can be caused by increased production of organic acids, by decreased excretion of hydrogen ions due to renal dysfunction, by loss of base or by increased intake of acid (22).

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Delooz, H. (1979). Metabolic Acidosis and the Use of Buffers in the Critically III. In: Tavares, B.M., Frey, R. (eds) Acute Care. Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine/Anaesthesiologie und Intensivmedizin, vol 116. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67211-8_4

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