Poul Bjørndahl Astrup (4 August 1915 – 30 November 2000) was a Danish clinical chemist famous for inventing a
CO2 electrode and co-inventing the concept of
base excess
In 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 (mmol/L), with positive numbers indicating an ...
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''Poul Astrup - blodgasser, syrer og baser'' Ugeskrift for Læger 2007;169(35):2896
Danish medical researchers
Acid–base chemistry
1915 births
2000 deaths
Clinical chemists
Danish biochemists
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