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    Energy Metabolism: From the Organ to the Cell

    Our survival state depends on serial metabolic reactions needing energy. Our environmental feed is the principal source of this energy. The purpose of this chapter is to describe all the organic and cellular m...

    Hervé Quintard, Eric Fontaine, Carole Ichai in Metabolic Disorders and Critically Ill Pat… (2018)

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    Acidosis: Diagnosis and Treatment

    Acidosis is characterized by a decrease in plasma pH. The first chapter will focus on the pathophysiological principles responsible for the development of an acidosis. Clinical signs of an acidosis are not spe...

    Hervé Quintard, Carole Ichai in Metabolic Disorders and Critically Ill Patients (2018)

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    Interpretation of Acid-Base Disorders

    The definition of an acid or a base varies largely according to the context. From a physiological point of view, an acid or an alkaline solution is characterized by its capacity to release or conversely to con...

    Hervé Quintard, Jean-Christophe Orban in Metabolic Disorders and Critically Ill Pat… (2018)