Liquid extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal: use of THAM (tris-hydroxymethyl aminomethane) coupled to hemofiltration to control hypercapnic acidosis in a porcine model of protective mechanical ventilation

This work was supported by Departamento de Medicina Intensiva, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile [PT, DS and AB]; Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Facultad de Ecologia y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Andres Bello [FL] and by grants from the Fondo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia [FONDECYT no. 1121078] [FS] and [FONDECYT no. 1130248] [AB], and by Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy [MII no. P09-016-F] [FS]. We also thank laboratory B. Braun for donating the Tris 36.34% Braun (THAM) used in this study.