Acid Base Disorders Flashcards
What is metabolic acidosis?
low serum HCO3
What is metabolic alkalosis?
high serum HCO3
What is respiratory acidosis?
high PCO2
What is respiratory alkalosis?
low PCO2
What are the types of metabolic acidosis?
HAGMA and NAGMA
What are the types of metabolic alkalosis?
Saline responsive and saline non responsive
What are the types of respiratory acidosis and alkalosis?
acute or chronic
How is metabolic acidosis compensated?
Through respiratory alkalosis (decreased PCO2 via increased RR)
How is metabolic alkalosis compensated?
Through respiratory acidosis (increased PCO2 via decreased RR)
How is respiratory acidosis compensated?
Through metabolic alkalosis (increased HCO3 via increased kidney reclamation and generation of new HCO3)
How is respiratory alkalosis compensated?
Through metabolic acidosis (decreased HCO3 via decreased kidney reclamation and generation of new HCO3)
For every 10mmHg increase in PCO2, HCO3 should what?
Increase by 1 (acute) or 3.5 (chronic) in respiratory acidosis
For every 10mmHg decrease in PCO2, HCO3 should what?
Decrease by 2 (acute) or 5 (chronic) in respiratory alkalosis
What is the normal pH of blood?
7.4
Acidosis is defined as a pH of what?
<7.35
Alkalosis is defined as a pH of what?
> 7.45
What is the normal value for PCO2?
40mmHg (+/- 5…35-45)
What is the normal value for HCO3?
24 (+/- 2…22-26)
What is the normal value for anion gap?
10 (+/- 5 or 6…5-16)
What is the normal value for osmolality gap?
10-15 mosm/Kg
What is the formula for calculating anion gap?
Na - (HCO3 + Cl)
When is anion gap clinically used?
To differentiate between etiologies of metabolic acidosis (NAGMA vs HAGMA), diagnose paraproteinemias (low AG values), diagnose lithium, bromide or iodide intoxications (low or negative AG values), for quality control monitoring in chemical labs
What is the formula to calculate serum osmolality?
2(Na) + (Glucose/18) + (BUN/2.8)
How do you determine osmolar gap?
measured serum osmolality - calculated serum osmolality
What is the normal osmolar gap?
<10, if it is above 10 then additional solutes are present in the blood
When is osmolar gap clinically useful?
Screening for alcohol ingestions, particularly in HAGMA cases (although not all alcohols produce an acidosis), screening for ketoacidosis and lactic acidosis