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Table 2 Target data and simulation results for a number of disturbances of the acid–base balance, single blood gas sample per disturbance

From: A white-box model for real-time simulation of acid–base balance in blood plasma

 

Normal

Respiratory acidosis

Hyperchloremia

Hypoalbuminemia

Hyperlactatemia

Metabolic acidosis

 

Input variable

            

Units

[CO2]Σ

26.4

 

22.2

 

12.9

 

32.9

 

16.9

 

17.6

 

mmol/L

Parameters

            

Units

[ALB]

25

 

25

 

20

 

15

 

17

 

16

 

mmol/L

[PI]

1.64

 

1.75

 

1.42

 

2.4

 

1.8

 

2.26

 

mmol/L

SIDapp

35.9

 

29.7

 

25.5

 

42.1

 

28.1

 

38.6

 

mmol/L

[U]

0.0

 

-0.4

 

6.0

 

0.8

 

4.6

 

14.1

 

mmol/L

Output variables

Target data

Sim. results

Target data

Sim. results

Target data

Sim. results

Target data

Sim. results

Target data

Sim. results

Target data

Sim. results

 

pH

7.40

7.38

7.15

7.14

7.16

7.15

7.49

7.47

7.19

7.18

7.16

7.15

-

pCO2

5.60

5.36

8.00

7.67

4.50

4.33

5.70

5.54

5.60

5.36

6.20

5.95

kPa

[HCO3]

25.1

25.1

20.4

20.4

11.9

11.9

31.6

31.5

15.6

15.6

16.2

16.2

mmol/L