Contribution of red blood cells to the compensation for hypocapnic alkalosis through plasmatic strong ion difference variations

Authors :: Loredana Zani
Eleonora Carlesso
Alessandro Protti
Thomas Langer
Pietro Caironi
Monica Chierichetti
M.L. Caspani
Luciano Gattinoni
Source :: Critical Care
Publication Year :: 2011
Publisher :: BioMed Central, 2011.
Abstract: Chloride shift is the movement of chloride between red blood cells (RBC) and plasma (and vice versa) caused by variations in pCO2. The aim of our study was to investigate changes in plasmatic strong ion difference (SID) during acute variations in pCO2 and their possible role in the compensation for hypocapnic alkalosis.

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