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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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