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From: Clinical review: The meaning of acid–base abnormalities in the intensive care unit part I – epidemiology

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Distribution of patients and contributing ion responsible for majority of metabolic acidosis present. Shown is the distribution of patients within different types of intensive care unit (ICU) locations and their respective hospital mortality associated with the major ion contributing to the metabolic acidosis. These results were obtained from a large teaching institution comprised of two hospitals and seven ICUs over a 1 year period and included patients with a suspected lactic acidosis. No metabolic acidosis is defined as a standard base excess of -2 mEq/l or higher. CCU, cardiac (nonsurgical) ICU; CTICU, cardiothoracic ICU; LTICU, liver transplant ICU; Med, medical ICU; Neuro, neurosurgical and neurological ICU; Surg, general surgical ICU; Trauma, trauma ICU.

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