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Article: Acid-base disorders-a quick, solid review.(CLINICAL LABORATORY MEDICINE)
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- FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine
- Article date:
- September 1, 2008
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Arterial blood gases is simply too large a topic to consider at one time. In this article I simply want to discuss the common causes for most ABG abnormalities with a small discussion on how to correct them. We will take a look at the four major categories of acid base disorders; respiratory acidosis, respiratory alkalosis, metabolic acidosis and metabolic alkalosis.
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Respiratory acidosis can result from any impairment in respiration or decrease in the lungs' ability to exhale CO2. When CO2 accumulates, there is shift in the bloods' bicarbonate buffering system in the direction of hydrogen ions and bicarbonate. This in turn causes ...