1: Acid-Base Balance Flashcards
What are the 4 main acid-base balance disorders
- Respiratory acidosis
- Respiratory alkalosis
- Metabolic acidosis
- Metabolic alkalosis
What causes respiratory acidosis
Alveolar Hypoventilation
How can causes of respiratory acidosis be divided
- Pulmonary Disease
2. NM Disease
What are 4 pulmonary causes of respiratory acidosis
- COPD
- Pneumonia
- Fibrosis
- OSA
What are 5 neuromuscular disorders leading to respiratory acidosis
- CNS Tumour
- CNS Trauma
- Myasthenia gravis
- Gullian barre
- MND
- Poliomyelitis
- Cervical cord lesion
What in-general causes respiratory alkalosis
alveolar hyperventilation.
what may cause alveolar hyperventilation
anxiety
salicylate OD
high altitude
mechanical ventilation
What are the two broad causes of metabolic acidosis
- Increase H+ production
- Decrease HCO3- production
What type of metabolic acidosis does increase production of H+ cause
Metabolic acidosis with raised anion gap
What type of metabolic acidosis does decrease HCO3- cause
Metabolic acidosis with normal anion gap
What are the two broad causes of metabolic alkalosis
- Loss H+
- Excess HCO3-
What are 3 causes of metabolic alkalosis
Burns
Potassium-loss (Thiazide, Loop Diuretics
Vomiting
What is first-looked at in ABG
Oxygen
What defines hypoxia
Oxygen less-than 8
What should be remembered when looking at oxygen in ABG
FIO2