15. CP Acid Base Pre-Class DSA

Question 1

What would increasing the bicarbonate in the blood stream have on the pH of the blood?

Answer 1

Increases the pH

Question 2

What organ controls bicarbonate levels?

Answer 2

The kidneys

Question 3

How would diarrhea change the pH of blood?

Answer 3

It decreases the bicarbonate found in the GI tract, which decreases the amount in the blood. This decreases the pH

Question 4

What happens to bicarbonate levels when you’re making an abnormal acid (ketoacidosis, lactic acid etc)?

Answer 4

Bicarbonate levels drop, and the pH decreases

Question 5

What affect does increasing the CO2 in the blood stream have on its pH?

Answer 5

CO2 decreases pH, because it becomes carbonic acid.

Question 6

What do we call a pathological increase / decrease in bicarbonate?

What do we call a pathological increase / decrease in CO2?

Answer 6

Bicarbonate = Metabolic disturbance

CO2 = Respiratory disturbance