Arterial Blood Gases - Surgery
Arterial Blood Gases - Surgery
Arterial Blood Gases - Surgery
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Acid-Base Acid Base Disorders<br />
Compensation<br />
– Change in PaCO PaCO2<br />
to correct pH with<br />
metabolic acid-base acid base imbalance<br />
• e.g., hyperventilation occurs with<br />
metabolic acidosis<br />
– Change in HCO -<br />
3 to correct pH with<br />
respiratory acid-base acid base imbalance<br />
• e.g., HCO -<br />
3 increases with respiratory<br />
acidosis<br />
Compensation<br />
↔<br />
↓<br />
pH ~ HCO 3 -<br />
PCO 2<br />
↓↑<br />
↓↑