Acid base Flashcards
What is .3pH range of the ECF?
7.35-7.45
What are the three systems that control the pH of the body?
How do the systems control the pH and how fast do they work?
Buffer- immediate uses acids and bases to prevent pH changes
Resp- removes CO(Volatile acid) regulates plasma HCO3
Kidneys- more powerful takes longer. excretes acids and bases as necessary
What is the buffering system for extracellular fluids?
What catalyzes this reaction?
Carbonic Acid - Bicarbonate
Buffer System
H2O + CO2 ->//
What is the relationship of pH and HCO3 and CO2?
pH= HCO3/.03pCO2
What is the normal ratio of HCO3/.03PCO2 fa pH of 7.4?
What is the log(20/1)?
[HCO3-] / .03PCO2 = 20:1*
its the ratio not the amount
Log of 20/1= 1.3
adding that to 6.1 = 7.4
What regulates HCO3?
What is the normal value of HCO3?
HCO3 regulated by kidneys
HCO3- =24mM
What regulates PCO2?
What is the normal value of PCO2?
PCO2 regulated by the lungs
arterial PCO2= 40 mmHg
What must be maintained in order to maintained the body pH at 7.4?
intake must equal excretion
What are sources of acid and alkali for intake and metabolic? What is the net production acids or alkali?
Intake:
Acids: meats, grains, dairy
Alkali: fruits, vegetables
Metabolic production:
Acids: CO2 (volatile)
“fixed” acids*
Alkali: Metabolism of basic a.a., organic anions
A “typical” American diet results
in net endogenous acid production
What are the the ways we excrete acids and alkali out of the body?
Excretion:
Acids: “blow off” CO2
Loss of H+ in urine, vomit
Use of H+ in metabolism
Alkali:
Loss of HCO3- in urine,
diarrhea
What are most acid base disturbances due to?
Most the acid/base disturbances that you’ll deal with in renal are due to changes in “fixed” (= non-volatile) acids.
fixed acids include: lactic acid, ketoacids, sulphuric acid (from sulfur containing amino acids), others
What is the daily acid load?
Voltatile acids= CO2 15,000 mmol per day (blown off by the kidneys)
Fixed acids=70 mmol/day for a “standard” 70 kg* man)
40 mmol/day from net metabolic non-volatile acid production Sulfuric, phosphoric and lactic acids, other organic acids
30 mmol/day dietary acid absorption and net GI alkali secretion
How is new acid created in the body? how is it eliminated?
H+ is buffered by HCO3 it makes CO2 that is blown off by the lungs so HCO3 is lost from the body.
new HCO3 has to be generated. That creates a H+ as well
That H+ is excreted bound to another buffer
Fixed acids create a H+ bound Titrated by NH3-> NH4 and is also excreted
This is the 70mm/day excreted
How much H+ must the kidneys excrete?
Equal the amount to reabsorb the HCO3 filtered in GFR
Plus
enough to reabsorb the HCO3 newly generated
How is H+ buffered after it is secreted into the nephron (ie what are the buffering systems)?
1) filtered HCO3-
The majority of the H+ secreted into the lumen reacts with HCO3-
2) filtered fixed urinary buffers, including phosphate, urate, creatinine (all are filtered in their anionic base form).
3) ammonia (NH3) to NH4 that was produced and secreted into the tubular fluid by the proximal tubule epithelium.