Week 7: Arterial Blood Gas Interpretation
Updated: Feb 13, 2022
Learning Objectives:
Interpreting arterial blood gases
Differentiating causes of respiratory acidosis/alkalosis
Differentiating causes of metabolic acidosis/alkalosis
Main steps of ABG interpretation:
What is the pH?
Is it respiratory or metabolic?
If Metabolic what is the Anion Gap?
HAGMA
NAGMA
Mixed
Is there expected compensation?
Slideshow presentation:
Acid Base Balance
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