8 years old asthmatic boy, presented with croupy cough and wheezy chest. His blood gases showed the following:
PH = 7.299
pCO2 = 52 mmHg
8 years old asthmatic boy, presented with croupy cough and wheezy chest. His blood gases showed the following:
PH = 7.299
pCO2 = 52 mmHg
Question 1:
PH = 7.52, that is moderate alkalaemia
pCO2 = 34, so we have respiratory alkalosis.
Next we calculate the compensation.
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Question 1:
PH = 7.299 that is mild acidaemia
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