Table 3.

Literature on base excess/base deficit as an outcome predictor in adult multiple trauma patients

Author (year) [ref.]	Trauma patients	Outcome prediction
Oestern et al. (1978/1979) [93,94]	50	Survival
Davis et al. (1988) [41]	209	Blood pressure, severity of volume deficit
Siegel et al. (1990) [29]	508	Survival
Sauaia et al. (1994) [100]	394	MOF
Regel et al. (1996) [105]	342	MOF
Botha et al. (1997) [48]	17	Neutrophil CD11b expression
Davis et al. (1998) [115]	674	Survival
Krishna et al. (1998) [116]	40	Survival
Fosse et al. (1998) [117]	108	Complement activation
Brown et al. (1999) [118]	12	PMN chemiluminescence
Eberhard et al. (2000) [119]	102	Acute lung injury
Rixen et al. (2000) [77]	80	ARDS
Rixen et al. (2001) [49]	2069	Hemodynamic, transfusion requirements, metabolism, coagulation, survival
Harbrecht et al. (2001) [120]	1962	Hepatic dysfunction

ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; MOF, multiple organ failure.