The impact of each variable on the acid–base status of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

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<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "A quantitative analysis of the acidosis of cardiac arrest: a prospective observational study"</p><p>Critical Care 2005;9(4):R357-R362.</p><p>Published online 23 May 2005</p><p>PMCID:PMC1269443.</p><p>Copyright © 2005 Makino et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd.</p> Each value is presented as the difference between the mean for the comparison group and the study group. A negative value suggests an acidifying effect, and a positive value an alkalinizing effect. Alb, albumin; Ca, calcium; Cl, chloride; K, potassium; Lac, lactate; Mg, magnesium; Na, sodium; Phos, phosphate; SIG, strong ion gap