Acid base disorders part 1

Question 1

Carbonic acid can go into bicarbonate and hydrogen ions or it can convert to

Answer 1

carbon dioxide and water

Question 2

Carbonic acid-bicarbonate buffer system

Question 3

Buffer system is used to regulate pH

Question 4

bicarbonate is basic substance

CO2 is the acidic substance

Question 5

Which organ system regulates bicarbonate?

Answer 5

kidneys

Question 6

Which organ system regulates CO2?

Answer 6

the lungs

Question 7

Kidneys and lungs are working very closely to regulate the amount of bicarbonate and the amount of CO2 so by changing the ratio of bicarbonate and CO2 your changing the pH of the blood

Question 8

If pH goes lower you could go into

Answer 8

acidotic state

Question 9

If the pH increases you can go into alkalotic state

Question 10

You can measure amount of CO2 by measuring what?

Answer 10

the partial pressure

Question 11

PaCO2; a represents the arterial so you can measure the amount of CO2 in the arterial blood

Question 12

_________,a measure of carbon dioxide gas, direct proportional to the amount of carbonic acid

Answer 12

PaCO2

Question 13

In ____________patient is retaining more CO2 in the lungs cause the arterial pressure of the CO2 in the blood to increase

Answer 13

hypoventilation

Question 14

In _______ patient your breathing out more of the CO2 so causing the partial pressure to go down

Answer 14

hyperventilation

Question 15

The normal value of PaC02 is what?

Answer 15

35-45

Question 16

If you measure patients PaCO2 and its 80 is this hypoventilation or hyperventilating?

Answer 16

Hypoventilation and patient will go into acidosis

Question 17

If pCO2 number increase what will happen to pH?

Answer 17

pH will decrease

Question 18

Low pH is acidotic state

Question 19

If PaCO2 is 15 is patient hypoventilation or hyperventilating

Answer 19

Hyperventilating because they are breathing out more of the CO2 and pt will go into alkalosis because you have less of the CO2 which is an acidic susbtance