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PHRM 825: Acid-Base Balance - Metabolic Disorders Flashcards

1
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Metabolic acidosis is characterized by what 3 things?

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  • Low pH (<7.35)
  • Low serum HCO3- (<24 mEq/L)
  • A compensatory decrease in PaCO2 from hyperventilation
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2 classifications of metabolic acidosis

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  • Non-anion gap metabolic acidosis

- Anion gap metabolic acidosis

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Anion gap equation

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Anion gap = Na+ - (Cl- + HCO3-)

Key cations - Key anions

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Normal anion gap value

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3-11 mEq/L

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Why is there not a gap in non-anion gap acidosis?

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The loss of plasma HCO3- is replaced by Cl-

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Non-anion gap acidosis is also known as

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Hyperchloremic acidosis (elevated Cl- prevents the gap)

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Causes of non-anion gap acidosis

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  • Gastrointestinal bicarbonate losses
  • Renal bicarbonate loss
  • Reduced renal H+ excretion
  • Acid and chloride administration
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Gastrointestinal bicarbonate losses are caused by

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Diarrhea and pancreatic fistulas/biliary drainage

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Diarrhea is a common cause of what

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Non-anion gap acidosis (hyperchloremic acidosis)

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Diarrhea contains a large amount of what

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HCO3-

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Pancreatic fistulas and biliary drainage are rich in what

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HCO3-

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What does RTA stand for?

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Renal tubular acisosis

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Type II RTA occurs in which tubule?

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Proximal

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Which type of RTA causes renal bicarbonate loss?

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Type II

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What causes renal bicarbonate loss?

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Various diseases or toxins (heavy metal toxicity, carbonic anhydrase inhibitor therapy, topiramate, etc.)

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During renal bicarbonate loss, reabsorptive threshold for HCO3- is ____ in the proximal tubule

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Reduced

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17
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What percentage of filtered bicarbonate is normally absorbed in the proximal tubule?

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~85%

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18
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With enhanced bicarb loss, there will be increased ___ and ___ loss

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Na+ and fluid

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During bicarb loss, Na and water are also lost which activates the ____ system and leads to ____

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renin-angiotension system; secondary hyperaldosteronism

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Increased aldosterone augments ____ excretion, causing ___

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K+; hypokalemia

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Are patients still able to acidify their urine in response to an acid load during renal bicarb loss?

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Yes

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Type I RTA occurs in which tubule?

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distal

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Type IV RTA occurs in which tubule?

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distal

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Type I RTA is also know as what?

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Hypokalemia RTA

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Type IV RTA is also known as what?

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Hypoaldosteronism or hyperkalemia RTA

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What causes type I RTA?

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  • Primary tubule defect
  • SLE (lupus)
  • Myeloma
  • Sickle cell
  • Li+
  • Ampho B
  • Toluene
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During Type I RTA, what cannot be pumped into tubule lumen by cells of collecting duct?

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H+

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During type I RTA, what happens to urine?

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It cannot be maximally acidified (pH>5.3)

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During type IV RTA, there is less aldosterone, causing retention of what?

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H+

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During type IV RTA there are hyperkalemic conditions that lead to ____ retention, causing ___.

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H+ retention; acidosis

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During chronic renal failure, there is ____ H+ secretion and less ___ production

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less; amonia

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32
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Excess administration of what can cause non-anion gap metabolic acidosis?

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  • TPN

- HCl or Ammonium Cl

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During anion gap metabolic acidosis, HCO3- losses are replaced with what?

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Another anion besides Cl-

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34
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What is the delta gap?

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Difference between the patient’s anion gap and the normal anion gap

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35
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Causes of anion gap metabolic acidosis

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  • Lactic acidosis
  • Ketoacidosis
  • Drug intoxication
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What is the most common cause of anion gap acidosis?

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Lactic acidosis

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37
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Lactate is a normal product of ___ metabolism

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anaerobic

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38
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Lactate formation is essential for tissues that need ____ to produce energy anaerobically

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NAD+; anaerobically

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39
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Which tissues need NAD+ to generate energy anaerobically?

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  • RBCs

- Exerciseing muscle

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40
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Lactate normally enters the circulation in ____ amounts and is promptly removed by the ___

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small; liver

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Increased blood levels of lactate almost always result from what?

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Decreased clearance (not overproduction)

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42
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What is lactate converted to when it is eliminated?

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Pyruvate

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43
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What will happen if there is persistent failure to oxidize lactic acid?

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The buffering capacity will be exhaused

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44
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Possible causes of lactic acidosis include (8)

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  • Shock
  • Drugs/toxins
  • Seizures
  • Leukemia
  • Hepatic/renal failure
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Malnutrition
  • Rhabdomyolysis
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What drugs/toxins cause lactic acidosis?

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  • Ethanol
  • Metformin
  • Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs)
  • Linezolid, isoniazid, propofol
  • Propylene glycol
46
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How does ethanol cause lactic acidosis?

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Increases lactate and causes hypoglycemia impaired gluconeogenesis

47
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How does metformin cause lactic acidosis?

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Mechanism is unclear

48
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How do NRTIs cause lactic acidosis?

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Inhibit DNA polymerase, which is responsible for mitochondrial DNA synthesis

49
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How do linezolid, isoniazid, and propofol cause lactic acidosis?

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Increase lactic acid

50
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How does propylene glycol cause lactic acidosis?

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Propylene glycol is metabolized to lactic acid

51
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How do seizures cause lactic acidosis?

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Seizures are self-limiting

52
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What causes lactic acidosis in leukemia survivors?

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They have packed poorly perfused bone marrow cavities

53
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How does hepatic/renal failure cause lactic acidosis?

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They cause impaired metabolism and excretion

54
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How does diabetes mellitus cause lactic acidosis?

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DM can cause formation of ketones/lactate; use of metformin

55
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How does malnutrition cause lactic acidosis?

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Deficiencies of vitamins and thiamine

56
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How does rhabdomyolysis cause lactic acidosis?

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Sulfur-containing amino acids are released

57
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What causes ketoacidosis?

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Increased acetoacetic acid and B-OH butyric acid

58
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How does salicylate toxicity cause respiratory alkalosis?

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Stimulation of respiratory drive

59
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How does salicylate toxicity cause metabolic acidosis?

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Accumulation of organic acids

60
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Symptoms of lactic acidosis (6)

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  • Kussmaul respirations
  • Peripheral vasodilation causing flushing and tachycardia; as acidosis worsens, ventricular arrhythmias or reduced contractility may occur
  • Hyperkalemia
  • Lethargy/coma
  • Nausea/vomiting
  • Bone demineralization in chronic acidotic states
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Treatment of lactic acidosis

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  • Treat the underlying cause
  • Acute bicarbonate therapy (for severe and acute bicarb losses)
  • Chronic bicarbonate therapy (for chronic metabolic acidosis)
  • Tromethamine (THAM)
  • Carbicarb/Dichloracetate
62
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When should acute bicarbonate therapy be considered for use?

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when pH < 7.10 - 7.15

63
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What are good indications for acute bicarbonate therapy?

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  • Hyperkalemia
  • pH < 7.10 with cardiac arrest after defibrillation
  • Ventilation
  • Other medications have been utilized
  • Overdoses
64
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What is the equation for dosing bicarb?

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Dose (mEq) - [o.5 L/kg (IBW)] X (desired HCO3- - actual HCO3-)

Use 12mEq/L for the desired HCO3-

65
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How should you administer bicarb after an amount is calculated?

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Give 1/3 to 1/2 the calculated dose and monitor the ABG

66
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What does ABG mean

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Arterial blood gas

67
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During cardiac arrest, how much sodium bicarb can be given

68
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Bicarb can lower ___ blood levels

69
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Hazards of bicarbonate therapy

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  • Overalkanization
  • Hypernatremia/hyperosmolality
  • CSF acidosis
  • Electrolyte shift
70
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What can overalkanization caused by bicarb therapy result in?

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Reduced cerebral flow and impaired oxygen release from Hgb to tissues

71
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How is CSF acidosis caused by bicarb therapy?

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Occurs from the CO2 that is generated, which readily diffuses into the CSF

72
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When bicarbonate is administered, there is a decrease in _____ which decreases myocardial contractility

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ionized calcium

73
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When should chronic bicarbonate therapy be considered for use?

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When the patient has chronic metabolic acidosis

74
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What average dosing should be used for chronic bicarbonate therapy?

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1-3 mEq/kg/day (may go up to 10+ mEq/kg/day)

75
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How does tromethamine (THAM) treat metabolic acidosis?

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  • Combines with H+ from H2CO3 to form HCO3-

- Acts as an osmotic diuretic to increase urine flow, urine pH, and excretion of fixed acids

76
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Highly alkaline patients can experience ___ and ___

A

inflammation and extravasation

77
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It is important to administer THAM ___ while monitoring ____

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slowly; pH to avoid alkalosis

78
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Adverse effects of THAM

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  • Hyperkalemia
  • Hypoglycemia
  • Hypocalcemia
  • Impaired coagulation
79
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What is carbicarb?

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Mixture of sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) and sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)

80
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How does carbicarb help treat metabolic acidosis?

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Preferentially buffers hydrogen ions resulting in the formation of bicarb rather than CO2

81
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How does dichloroacetate (DCA) help treat metabolic acidosis?

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It facilitates lactate metabolism

82
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Metabolic alkalosis is characterized by what 3 things?

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  • pH > 7.45
  • Increased HCO3-
  • Compensatory hypoventilation resulting in increased PaCO2
83
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What causes a rise in plasma HCO3-?

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  • Loss of acid from GI tract or urine
  • Administration of HCO3- or a bicarb precursor
  • Contraction of alkalosis (loss of Cl- rich, HCO3- poor fluid)
84
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Impairment of renal ___ excretion can result in the maintenance of metabolic alkalosis

85
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How do volume and chloride depletion contribute to metabolic alkalosis?

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  • Decrease in arterial blood volume
  • Decrease in ability of kidney to excrete HCO3-
  • With volume depletion, capacity of the proximal tubule to reabsorb HCO3- increases
86
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What is the most common cause of saline responsive alkalosis?

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Diuretic therapy

87
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In saline responsive alkalosis, urinary chloride is ____ mEq/L

88
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What are causes of saline responsive alkalosis?

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  • Diuretic therapy
  • Vomiting & NG suction
  • Exogenous HCO3- administration or blood transfusions
  • Maintenance of the alkalosis
89
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What are some examples of diuretic therapy?

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Furosemide, torsemide, HCTZ, bumetanide

90
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Diuretic therapy enhances excretion of ___ and ___, resulting in extracellular volume contraction

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Sodium chloride and water

91
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Volume contraction stimulates ____ release

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aldosterone

92
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Aldosterone increases distal tubular ____ reabsorption adn induces ___ and ____ secretion

A

Na+, K+ and H+

93
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H+ secretion is associated with ____ reabsorption

94
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Normally Cl- is absorbed with ____

95
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Without Cl- (hypochloremia), Na- is reabsorbed with ___

96
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What is the second most common cause of alkalosis?

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Vomiting and NG suction

97
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How much fluid can be lost per day with vomiting?

98
Q

What is used to preserve blood products and what does it do in the body?

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Citrate –> Breaks down to HCO3-

99
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What 3 things can result in maintenance of alkalosis?

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  • Reduced GFR
  • Enhanced proximal tubular HCO3- reabsorption
  • Effects of hypokalemia
100
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What happens during reduced GFR that leads to alkalosis?

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Na+ reabsorption is increased in distal and proximal tubules, leading to H+ secretion and HCO3- reabsorption in those respective areas

101
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What causes enhanced proximal tubular HCO3- reabsorption that leads to alkalosis?

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With hypochloremia, Na+ is reabsorbed with HCO3-

102
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How does hypokalemia cause alkalosis?

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  • With less K+, H+ is secreted while Na+ is reabsorbed

- H+ secretion is associated with HCO3- reabsorption and ammoniagenesis

103
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In saline resistant alkalosis, urinary chloride is ____ mEq/L

104
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During saline resistant alkalosis, there is enhanced___ excretion and ___ reabsorption

105
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What is the key difference between saline responsive and saline resistant alkalosis?

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In saline resistant alkalosis there is no chloride depletion or there is an inability to reabsorb chloride

106
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What causes saline resistant alkalosis?

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  • Increased mineralcorticoid activity
  • Hypokalemia
  • Renal tubular chloride wasting
107
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What are symptoms of saline resistant alkalosis?

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  • Muscle cramps; weakness; paresthesias
  • Postural dizziness
  • Cellular hypoxia; mental confusion, coma; seizures
  • Direct myocardial suppression; CV collapse; arrhythmias
108
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What are possible treatment options for saline resistant alkalosis

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  • Correct underlying cause

- Rapid correction not necessary but treatment is still needed

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