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BTK ABSITE 2023 - Fluids and Electrolytes

Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast

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How to Diagnose a Metabolic Acidosis

So we got a climber climbing a mountain and he reaches an altitude of 5,000 meters above sea level. What's going to happen to his arterial PCO2 and his pH? So his PCO2 is going to go down because it's going to be hyperventilating and his pH is going toGo up. Good. He's going to have what disorder is he going to have? A respiratory alkalosis. All right. We'll do, let's do one more. You have a patient whose pH is 7.5, PCO 2 is 50, and bicarb is 35; so CO2 is high, so you have a respiratory acidosis

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