Caracterização físico-química da acidose metabólica em pacientes com sepse grave ou choque séptico / Study of metabolic acidosis in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

Metabolic acidosis is frequently found in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock. Several studies have shown that the amount of metabolic acidosis measured by the standard base excess (SBE) at hospital admission and its evolution throughout the first days of intensive care unit (ICU) stay are correlated with clinical outcome. However, the precise composition of the metabolic acidosis in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock is not well known. In this study, we have described the composition of metabolic acidosis in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock at ICU admission and throughout the first five days of ICU stay, by applying the quantitative physicochemical methodology. Metabolic acidosis was extremely frequent at admission to the ICU. Its main component was attributable to the inorganic ion difference disturbance (mainly determined by the Na Cl difference), followed in magnitude by unmeasured anions and lactate´s components. Hypoalbuminemia represented the most frequent and important alkalinizing component. The degree of metabolic acidosis and hyperchloremia was more pronounced in the non-survivors group (according to hospital mortality). In a multivariate analysis the degree of metabolic acidosis due to disturbances in innorganic ion difference was associated to hospital mortality. Acidosis in survivors was corrected during the study period due to a decrease in lactate and SIG levels, whereas non-survivors did not correct their metabolic acidosis and suffered a decrease in the pH due to an increase in PCO2 levels

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acidosis acidose sepse choque séptico chloride septic shock cloro lactate lactato sepsis

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