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Acta Anaesthesiol Belg
; 59(4): 263-6, 2008.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19235525
RESUMO
Lactic acidosis is a common problem in the peri-operative period. During extensive surgery we frequently have an augmentation of lactic acid most often on the basis of hypoperfusion. Normally, a rise in serum lactate level causes a fall in blood pH, and this metabolic acidosis is accompanied by a high anion gap. In this case report a perioperative rise in lactic acid and an elevation in serum pH in a patient during meningeal tumour surgery is presented.