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Week 6 - Acid Base Balance Flashcards

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What is alkalaemia/ acidaemia?

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  • pH greater than 7.45 -> alkalaemia

- pH less than 7.35 -> acidaemia

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What is the effect of alkalaemia on calcium ions? What is the consequence of this?

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  • Lowers free calcium by causing the ions to come out of solution -> bound to albumin instead of H
  • Leads to increased neuronal excitability causing paresthesia and tetany
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What effect does acidaemia have on K? What is the major consequence of this?

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-Causes hyperkalaemia as H+ are taken into the cell in exchange for K+ in order to lower H+ conc

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Why is a lower pH disruptive?

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-Denatures proteins causing enzyme disturbances and affecting muscle contractility, glycolysis and hepatic function

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5
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Below what pH is life threatening?

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-7.0

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6
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How is plasma pH determined?

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-Ratio of [HCO3]/CO2

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What is the henderson-hesselbach equation?

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  • pH=pK+log([hco3]/(CO2 x0.23))

- pK is a constant = 6.1 at 37 degrees

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What is the normal ratio of HCO3:CO2?

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-20:1

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9
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What ultimately determines the pCO2?

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-Respiration controlled by the chemoreceptors

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10
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What controls the concentration of HCO3?

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-Kidneys

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What is the effect of hypoventilation on partial pressures and acid base balance?

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-Decreased pO2, increased pCO2 -> respiratory acidosis

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What is the effect of hyperventilation on partial pressures and acid base balance?

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-Increased pO2, decreased pCO2 -> respiratory alkalosis

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What controls respiration?

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  • Detectoion of pO2 and pCO2 by peripheral and central chemoreceptors respectively
  • Send information to respiratory centre in brain
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How are respiratory changes in acid base balance corrected?

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-Change in ventilation rate

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How are respiratory changes in acid base balance compensated?

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-Change in [HCO3]

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16
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What produces the main source of bicarb in the blood?

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-RBCs

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17
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When is metabolic acidosis caused?

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-When there is an increase in the production of acids produced by tissues which reacts with HCO3 and decreases pH

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18
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How are metabolic changes in acid base balance corrected?

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-Increased HCO3 production or increased excretion

19
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How do the kidneys increase [HCO3]?

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  • Recover all filtered HCO3

- Make new HCO3

20
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How do the kidneys produce HCO3?

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  • Kidneys have high metabolic rate and produce lots of CO2
  • CO2 reacts with water to form HCO3 and H+
  • HCO3 enters plasma
  • H+ enters filtrate
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Describe the recovery of HCO3 in the kidneys

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  • 80% resorption in PCT
  • NaKATPase sets up an Na gradient
  • NHE brings Na into the cell in exchange for H
  • H reacts with HCO3 to form CO2 and H2O
  • CO2 diffuses across membrane
  • CO2 reacts with H2O inside cell to produce HCO3 and H+
  • HCO3 is transported out of the basolateral membrane into plasma on a transporter with Na
22
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Which enzyme is present on apical tubular membrane that speeds up CO2 reactions?

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-Carbonic Anhydrase

23
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Besides from CO2, how else do the kidneys make HCO3? give an example. What substance is excreted in urine because of this?

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  • From Amino acids -> Glutamine to a-ketoglutarate

- Produces HCO3 and NH4+ (enters urine)

24
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What is different between HCO3 resorption from CO2 in PCT and HCO3 production in DCT?

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  • In PCT Na gradient is sufficient to drive H+ out of cells into the tubule
  • In DCT, Na is mostly resorbed so the gradient is not sufficient. Therefore H+ is actively secreted into the lumen by H+ATPase
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How is H+ buffered in PCT and DCT?
- PCT-> by secreted NH3 | - DCT-> by secreted NH3 and by filtered HPO4
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In which cells of the DCT is HCO3 made?
-a-intercalated cells
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How are metabolic changes in acid base balance compensated?
-Changes in ventilation rate to increase/decrease pCO2
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How is metabolic acidosis compensated for?
-Increased breathing -> increased CO2 blown off -> decreased pCO2
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How is metabolic alkalosis compensated for? Why is this limited?
- Decreased breathing -> decreased CO2 blown off -> increased pCO2 - Limited by decreased in oxygen when decreasing breathing
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Commonly, when would metabolic alkalosis occur?
-After vomiting -> excreted all acid but HCO3 remains -> absorbed into blood stream -> alkalosis
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What is the minimum pH of urine?
-4.5
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How and why is acid excreted?
- In the urine reacted with NH3 to produce NH4 or reacted with phosphate - If acid wasnt excreted it would react with HCO3 and acidosis would occur due to excessive HCO3
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What are the cellular responses to acidosis in the kidney?
- Increased NHE activity -> more H+ secreted into lumen -> more HCO3 produced - Increased ammonium production in PCT to buffer H= for excretion - Increased H+ATPase in DCT - Increased capacity to export HCO3 from tubular cells into ECF
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What acids are often increased in metabolic acidosis?
- Lactic acid | - Ketoacids
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What is the anion gap?
- The difference between [Na]+[K] and [Cl] and [HCO3] | - Usually 10-15 mmol/l
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When does the anion gap increase?
-H+ from excess acid reacts with HCO3 and the HCO3 is replaced by the anion of that acid
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What is the benefit of the anion gap? Give an example of when it is increased
- Shows wether there is acidosis due to a certain anion which has replaced HCO3 - Seen in ketoacidosis
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From which organ does metabolic acidosis occur that does not effect the anion gap as HCO3 is replaced with Cl?
-Renal problems
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How is metabolic alkalosis corrected?
-Increased excretion of HCO3
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When is correction of metabolic alkalosis problematic?
-When there is also volume depletion because Na recovery is prioritised which increased NHE activity and thus increases HCO3 recovery
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What is the relationship between metabolic acidosis and hyperkalaemia?
- metabolic acidosis -> increased H+ in ECF -> exchanged for K+ -> hyperkalaemia - Hyperkalaemia -> increased K+ in ECF -> exchanged for H+ -> metabolic acidosis
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What is the relatinship between metabolic alkalosis and hypokalaemia?
- Metabolic alkalosis -> H+ moved into ECF in exchange for K+ -> hypokalaemia - Hypokalemia -> K+ moved into ECF in exchange for H+ -> metabolic alkalosis
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What is the range in which plasma pH has to be maintained?
-7.35-7.45
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Which acid is titratable in the urine?
-That which is bound to phosphate

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