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Table 1

From: Blood gases: a dreadful combination of metabolic, respiratory and lactic acidosis

Group (%)

Features

Calculated PCO2

Typical case scenario

Treatment

Mortality

1

Metabolic acidosis without lactic acidosis (n = 200)

Matches with blood gas

Infections, dehydration

Antibiotics, fluids

5

2

Metabolic acidosis with lactic acidosis (n = 151)

Matches with blood gas

Sepsis, cardiogenic shock

Ventilator, inotropes

20

3

Metabolic acidosis with lactic acidosis (n = 119)

Higher than blood gas by +4-5

Septic shock, MOF

Ventilator, iInotropes

99