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Ole Siggaard-Andersen

Ole Siggaard-Andersen

Danish physician clinical chemist (born 1932)


Ole Siggaard-Andersen (born 10 December 1932) is a Danish physician clinical chemist who elucidated much acid base physiology. He jointly invented the concepts of base excess and standard base excess.[1]

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His doctoral thesis, The Acid-Base Status of the Blood, was published as a book for five editions and in five languages.[2] He was honored by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry who awarded him the Edwin F. Ullman Award in 2003.[2]


References

  1. Siggaard-Andersen, Ole; Engel K (1960). "A new acid-base nomogram. An improved method for the calculation of the relevant blood acid-base data". Scan J Clin Lab Invest. 12 (2): 177–86. doi:10.3109/00365516009062420. PMID 13848805.
  2. "Ole Siggaard-Andersen, PhD". Archived from the original on 2009-06-21. Retrieved 2009-09-21.



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