Medical Definition of Base excess

1. A measure of metabolic alkalosis, usually predicted from the Siggaard-Andersen nomogram; the amount of strong acid that would have to be added per unit volume of whole blood to titrate it to pH 7.4 while at 37°C and at a carbon dioxide pressure of 40 mm Hg. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Base Excess

base-burner
base-forming
base-metal
base-pair breathing
base-stacking
base analogue
base ball
base character
base characters
base communications
base composition
base deficit
base dissociation constant
base excess (current term)
base flashing
base gas
base hit
base hits
base hospital
base in DNA
base isolation
base material
base memory
base metal
base metals
base microscopical
base of arytenoid cartilage
base of bladder

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