Respiratory acidosis Flashcards
Treatment for Respiratory Acidosis
Provide adequate ___________
Mechanical intubation may be required
oxygenation
If someone develops respiratory acidosis by opioid overdose how will you treat the patient?
Narcan (naloxone)
If some is due to asthma COPD they have breathing constriction…bronchospasm you give what to the pt?
bronchodilator like albuterol
If someone overdoses on benzodiazepine you might consider benzodiazepine anatagonist
If respiratory acidosis is due to pulmonary infection what do you treat it with?
adequate antibiotics
Because its respiratory acidosis mainly due to respiratory system problem once you fix the respiratory problem and respiratory problem changes can be fast you don’t really need bicarbonate therapy so usually its not indicated if you do that it may cause metabolic alkalosis, ______edema, increased accumulation of CO2
pulmonary edema
Key treatment for respiratory acidosis is ___________ and treat the causes
oxygenation
Metabolic alkalosis
pH is greater than 7.45
If its metabolic which organ system is involved? the kidney and the kidney regulates bicarbonate and in order to go into alkalosis there is an increase level of bicarbonate
If pt is in metabolic alkalosis what is the potassium level?
low
In metabolic alkalosis whose going to compensate? the lungs and lungs will retain more of the CO2 and CO2 level will go up
Clinical Presentation of Metabolic Alkalosis
Confusion, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, compensatory hypoventilation, __________, lethargy, __________
Hypokalemia
tachycardia