Acidosis/Related Articles: Difference between revisions

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Cryobiology [r]: The study of living organisms, organs, biological tissues or biological cells at low temperatures. ^[e]
Glycolysis [r]: A biochemical pathway by which a molecule of glucose is oxidized to two molecules of pyruvate. ^[e]
Lactic fermentation [r]: A form of fermentation that occurs in animal cells in the absence of oxygen. ^[e]

Metabolic acidosis [r]: Refers to an abnormal chemical compositional state of the body that clinicians characterize as abnormally increased acidity — measured as pH reduction or hydrogen ion concentration ([H⁺]) increase — accompanied by abnormally reduced bicarbonate concentration ([HCO₃^-]) concentration in the extracellular fluid compartment (ECF) of the body, acknowledging that in most cases similar compositional abnormalities exist in the intracellular fluid compartment (ICF) as well. ^[e]
Trauma medicine [r]: Damage inflicted on the body as the direct or indirect result of an external force, with or without disruption of structural continuity. ^[e]
- Lethal triad [r]: In the context of trauma medicine and damage control surgery, the combination of trauma induced coagulopathy, hypothermia and metabolic acidosis ^[e]
- Crush injury [r]: Add brief definition or description
Diabetic ketoacidosis [r]: A metabolic disorder caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin, and characterized by hyperglycemia, dehydration, acidosis], and excess ketones in the blood ^[e]
Peritonitis [r]: An inflammation of the peritoneum (the serous membrane which lines part of the abdominal cavity and some of the viscera it contains). ^[e]
Toxicology [r]: Study of the nature, effects, and detection of poisons and the treatment of poisoning. ^[e]

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