Acid Base Balance

Question 0

ALKALINE
Does pH increase or decrease?
Does CO2 increase or decrease?

Answer 0

pH increases

CO2 decreases, hyperventilation

Question 1

ACID
Does pH increase or decrease?
Does CO2 increase or decrease?

Answer 1

Lowers pH
Increases CO2 (hypoventilation)

Question 2

Increase in CO2.

Answer 2

Respiratory Acidosis

Question 3

Decrease in CO2, is what?

Answer 3

Respiratory Alkalosis

Question 4

METABOLIC ACIDOSIS
What’s going on inside the body?
What can cause this state?

Answer 4

An increase of hydrogen (acid) or the loss of bicarbonate ions (base).

Caused by respiratory failure, shock, chronic kidney failure, diabetic ketoacidosis, ingestion of products that produce acids.

Question 5

METABOLIC ALKALOSIS
What’s going on in the body?
What causes it?

Answer 5

Results from a loss of hydrogen ions (acid) or an increase in bicarbonate ions (base).

Causes: Excessive vomiting/antacid ingestion/IV bicarbonate

Question 6

RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS

What’s going on inside the body?

Answer 6

CO2 levels rise in the blood due to anything that inhibits the ability to breathe.

Question 7

RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS

What’s going on inside the body?

Answer 7

There’s an abnormal drop in the blood CO2 levels.

Hyperventilation.