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Lab case 443
20 year-year-old man brought to ED after a car accident. His blood pressure was 80/41 and he was unconscious. His blood gases showed the following:
PH = 6.9
Lab case 442 interpretation
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Answers:
Question 1
PH = 7.236, that is moderate acidaemia
HCO3 = 12.5 mmol/L. So we have metabolic acidosis.
Next we need to calculate the compensation and the the anion gap.
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Lab case 442
44 year old man presented to ED with fatigue and weakness. His blood gases showed the following:
PH = 7.236
PCO2 = 30 mmol/L
Lab case 441 interpretation
Answers:
PH = 7.15, that is severe acidaemia
HCO3 = 6.5 mmol/L, so we have metabolic acidosis.
Since we have metabolic acidosis, then we need to calculate compensation and anion gap.