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    Positive Base Excess

    In a venous blood gas, when is a positive value for Base Excess ever used? I understand in general how many critical care physicians will use a negative base excess to indicate the presence of an acidosis, and maybe to help make a calculation for bicarb when that is indicated. But positive...