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1
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Lungs and kidneys manage

A

Lungs - CO2

Kidneys - HCO3…regenerates and reabsorbs

2
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Acidemia and alkalemia vs. dosis

A

Dosis is the process

Acid - 7.38
Alk - 7.42

3
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What has to be normal to say that it is normal

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BOTH the pH and pCO2…pO2 does not matter but might help explain

4
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DIfferential

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Both pH and CO2 high or low…then metabolic

If one is high and one low, then Respiratory

5
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Compensations

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Respiratory compensation for metabolic is almost immediate

Metabolic compensation for respiratory begins acutely but takes 2-3 days

Exception is high altititude with chronic resp alkalosis

6
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Which 2 disorders CANNOT coexist

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Respiratory acidosis and resp alkalosis

7
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Anion gap calculation

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IF metabolic acidosis

AGAP = (Na)-(Cl+HCO3)

Normal is 10

Hypoalbuminemia causes contraction of normal range

8
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Metabolic acidosis with normal AGAP causes

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Diarrhea or renal tubular aicdosis

9
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Metabolic alkalosis causes

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Vomiting, diuretics

Initial mechanical ventilation of chronically hypercarbic patients

10
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Resp alkalosis causes

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Pregnant, high altitude

Early hypoxemic resp failure

Hyperventilation, salicylate overdose, sepsis

11
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Resp acidosis causes

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Disorders of resp appratus (anything involvedi nbreathing mech)

Drugs, narcotics, brainstem damage