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Plasma ionized calcium [Ca++] concentrations are decreased in patients having lactic acidosis. To further investigate this observation, we prospectively studied nine critically ill patients who had lactic acidosis and measured arterial pH, PCO2, [Ca++], lactate, and albumin concentrations. We found a strong association between decreased [Ca++] and increased plasma lactate concentrations (r2 = 0.78, p less than or equal to 0.001). This unexpected association--[Ca++] usually increases with increasing acidosis--might be clinically important and the mechanism deserves further investigation.
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