Ole Siggaard-Andersen
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Ole Siggaard-Andersen is a Danish
clinical chemist who elucidated much acid base physiology. He jointly invented the concepts of base excess
and standard base excess.
His doctoral thesis, The Acid-Base Status of the Blood, was published as a book for five editions and in five languages. He was honored by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry who awarded him the Edwin F. Ullman Award in 2003.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
clinical chemist who elucidated much acid base physiology. He jointly invented the concepts of base excess
Base excess
In human physiology, base excess and base deficit refer to an excess or deficit, respectively, in the amount of base present in the blood. The value is usually reported as a concentration in units of mEq/L, with positive numbers indicating an excess of base and negative a deficit...
and standard base excess.
His doctoral thesis, The Acid-Base Status of the Blood, was published as a book for five editions and in five languages. He was honored by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry who awarded him the Edwin F. Ullman Award in 2003.