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- Author
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Krešimir Čala, Nikša Vučić, and Vladimir Pilaš
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,Septic shock ,business.industry ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Cardiology ,Carbon dioxide output ,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine ,medicine.disease ,business ,Anaerobic exercise ,Perfusion - Abstract
Tissue hypoperfusion with concomitant hypoxia is a leading sign of septic shock. Despite increased DO2 after volume administration, VO2 remains low. Our hypothesis was that in this setting, lower CO2 output would also occur. We calculated anaerobic output of CO2 and found its small proportion to complete CO2 output.
- Published
- 2005