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Lab case 444
18 year-old-girl presented to ED with reduced level of consciousness. She is known to by drugs online.
Her venous blood gases showed the following:
PH = 7.25
Lab case 443 interpretation
Answers:
PH = 6.9, that is severe acidaemia/
pCO2 = 72 mmHg. o, we have respiratory acidosis.
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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.