6. when Describing acid base imbalances, you refer to origin and nature. Origin refers to what
- to the cause of the imbalance in terms of either: a change in carbon dioxide level (i.e. respiratory origin, typically involving either hypo- or hyperventilation); or change in bicarbonate level for any reason (i.e. metabolic origin, typically involving c
- The nature is simply how pH is affected, either down (acidosis direction) or up (alkalosis direction). In addition, metabolic acidosis can be further characterised and diagnosed by reporting the anion gap, resulting in either a high anion gap metabolic acidosis (HAGMA) or normal (or non-) anion gap metabolic acidosis (NAGMA).
7. blood pH is dependent of what ratio concentration by the modified Henderson
Hasselbalch equation
- bicarbonate cationic conc. to carbon dioxide partial pressure
- bicarbonate cationic conc. to carbon dioxide partial pressure
- bicarbonate anion conc. to carbon dioxide partial pressure
- bicarbonate anion conc. to carbon monoxide partial pressure
8. what is The anion gap is numerically defined as?
- difference between the (typically serum) concentration of prevalent bicarbonate and anions
- difference between the (typically serum) concentration of prevalent cations and anions
- difference between the (typically serum) concentration of prevalent cations and bicarbonate
