Respiratory Flashcards
What must you ALWAYS remember with chest pain.
Because Ryan, you always forget this differential.
PULMONARY EMBOLISM
What type of pneumonia is assocaited with erythema multiforme?
Mycoplasma pneumonae
What does base excess indicate?
The metabolic component. -2 to +2. Over two is metabolic alkalosis, below -2 is acidosis
What is the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 respiratory failure
Type 1 - Low o2 and low C02
Normal PH and bicarbonate is normal
Type 2 - Low O2 and high C02
Ph is Low (acidosis) and Bicarbonate is normal or high if it is acute.
What is a normal PH?
7.35-7.45
What do ABGs tell you?
- Oxygenation via gas exchange
- Ventilation control via C02
- Kidney function via bicarb
What should p02 be?
11-13 or 10 below inspired air. Normal ‘on air’ is 21kPa
What is acidosis?
PH
What is alkalosis?
PH > 7.45
What five things need to be considered when interpreting ABGS
1) How is the patient? Eg did they have a head injury or MI? if head injury low resp drive so high Co2. IF MI now O2 but high lactic acid
2)Oxygenation levels
3)Alkalotic or acidotic?
4) Resp component - Look at C02 levels. is this high or low?
5) Metabolic component - Look at bicarb. Is this high or low?
Study this table
How can you tell if the problem is respiratory or metabolic?
Look at the oxygen consumption and the base excess.
If oxygen is normal but base excess isn’t then it is metabolic.
If oxygen isnt it is respiratory
What compensation is quick and what is slow?
Quick - Respiration rate
Longer - bicarb
What does it mean when there is a mixed picture? I.E raised bicarb and low Co2 or raised Co2 and low bicarb?
Mixed acidosis or alkalosis
What is normal bicarb?
25
What is a normal value for base excess?
-2 to +2
What does a base excess >+2 mean?
Metabolic alkalosis
What does a base excess of below -2 mean?
Metabolic acidosis
- Patient on room air
- High Co2
- Low O2
- Low PH
- Normal bicarb
Respiratory acidosis with no compensation