The Most Important Parts of the a B G?

You're going to get some acid base questions on the exam, i guarantee it. And what are the most important parts of the blood gas to look at to sort those out? So how does elevated c o two cause acidosis? Getting back to those chemistry formulas, what is that c o dude? What happens to that c o two that forms an acid combines o water and forms of carbonic acid ? Good. We can compensate respiratoryan we can compensate metabolically. Which of those happens rapidly? so your restorya, your restory compensation happen, happens very rapidly,. where the metabolic takes a little bit longer. If they have renal dispont you can dialyse. Ok