A study on acid-base disorders and causes of death in patients with cor pulmonale / 第三军医大学学报

The results of analysing 179 patients with pulmonary heart disease (PHD) show an acid-base disorder just before death.Acid-base disorder,chronic respiratory acidosis is the most commoa Triple acid-base disorder,chronic respiratory acidosis plus metabolic acidosis and chronic respiratory acidosis plus metabolic alkalosis are in succession.Chronic respiratory alkalosis ( CRA),CRA plus metabolic alkalosis and metabolic acidosis are seldom.The major cause of death in patients with PHD is supper gastrointestinal hemorrhage,the next is acid-base disorder,especially triple acid-base disorders.