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View Post: South Florida Lawyers: Yes, 11th Circuit, We Know You're There.
23 hours ago by South Florida Lawyers  
On June 11, 2008, Plaintiffs filed Dr. Gowitt's second affidavit, asserting two new theories of causation: electrocution and acidosis. The district court excluded their theories relating to acidosis and electrocution, holding that the ...
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View Post: Cell - The Amygdala Is a Chemosensor that Detects Carbon Dioxide ...
25 Nov 2009
These data identify the amygdala as an important chemosensor that detects hypercarbia and acidosis and initiates behavioral responses. They also give a molecular explanation for how rising CO2 concentrations elicit intense fear and ...
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View Post: Differential Effects of Buffered Hypercapnia versus Hypercapnic ...
26 Nov 2009 by Higgins, Brendan D.; Costello, Joseph;...  
Background: Acute hypercapnic acidosis protects against lung injury caused by nonseptic insults and after both pulmonary and systemic sepsis. The authors wished to dissect the contribution of the acidosis versus hypercapnia per se to ...
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View Post: MUDPILES and Normal Anion Gap Acidosis
28 Nov 2009 by samirde  
Now how about the normal anion gap acidosis! In fact in USMLE they are more likely to test you about normal anion gap acidosis the increased anion gap because they know that you memorized the Mud Piles :D ...
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View Post: DB's Medical Rants » Blog Archive » A normal gap acidosis dissected
31 Oct 2009 by rcentor  
This is a normal gap acidosis. Note the decreased bicarbonate and anion gap of 9. Is the respiratory compensation correct? We use the Winter's equation. With a calculated bicarbonate (from the ABG) of 15, we would expect a pCO2 of ...
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View Post: Renal Fellow Network: Metformin-induced Lactic Acidosis
13 Nov 2009 by Conall O' Seaghdha  
Unfortunately, mostly due to it's relationship to parent compound phenformin, metformin has developed a reputation for causing lactic acidosis (LA). Prescribing guidelines instruct witholding the drug if there is 'renal impairment'. ...
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View Post: EMCrit Podcast 3-Intubating the patient with Severe Metabolic Acidosis
22 May 2009 by emcrit  
EMCrit Podcast 3-Intubating the patient with Severe Metabolic Acidosis. by emcrit on May 22, 2009. Sorry about the voice–blame the swine flu. Case. Thanks to Joe Chiang. Severe DKA; Obtunded with pH 6.65, PaCO2 18, Bicarb 5 ...
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