8 years old asthmatic boy, presented with croupy cough and wheezy chest. His blood gases showed the following:
PH = 7.299
pCO2 = 52 mmHg
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Lab case 363 interpretation
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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Lab case 363
50 year old man presented to the emergency department with vomiting. He is an excessive THC smoker.
His blood gases showed the following:
PH = 7.52
Lab case 362 interpretation
Question 1:
PH = 7.299 that is mild acidaemia
pCO2 = 80 mmHg, So we have metabolic acidosis. Next we need to calculate the compensation.