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NUR 103-LECTURE 1: Acid Base Balance & Ventilator- Lecture 2: Alcoholism, Delirium

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Interpreting blood gases (remember the rules of the B’s)  If the pH and the bicarb are both in the same direction then it’s metaBolic (Bicarb Both Bolic), if they are in different directions ... then it is respiratory  If bicarb is normal and the pH is low or high then its respiratory  You will be given 8 values for arterial blood gas, always first look at the pH and the bicarb first  You get acidosis and alkalosis from the pH LABS: ABG’s The normal pH is 7.35-7.45 The normal bicarb is 22-26 (the bicarb years where you make all the decisions [22-26 years old], or 2+2+2=6) The normal CO2 is 35-45 (same as pH) [Show More]

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