(ACID/BASE BALANCE)
What11are11the11normal11pH11values?11-11answer--7.35-7.45
What11are11the11normal11CO211values?11-11answer--35-45
What11are11the11normal11HCO311values?11-11answer--22-26
If11pH11is11<7.35,11the11acid-base11imbalance11is...11-11answer--Acidic
If11pH11is11>7.35,11the11acid-base11imbalance11is...11-11answer--Alkalotic
If11the11pH11and11Bicarb11move11in11the11SAME11direction,11then11the11acid-
base11imbalance11is...11-11answer--Metabolic
If11the11pH11and11Bicarb11move11in11the11OPPOSITE11direction,11then11the11acid-
base11imbalance11is...11-11answer--Respiratory
(Example11#1)11Metabolic11or11respiratory?11pH=7.3,11HCO3=2011-11answer--
Metabolic11acidosis
(Example11#2)11Metabolic11or11respiratory?11pH=7.58,11HCO3=3211-11answer--
Metabolic11alkalosis
(Example11#3)11Metabolic11or11respiratory?11pH=7.22,11HCO3=3511-11answer--
Respiratory11acidosis
"As11the11pH11goes...11-11answer--...11so11goes11my11patient,11except11for11potassium."
If11pH11goes11over117.45,11s/s11include...11-11answer--
pH11is11up,11so11my11patient11goes11up...11except11for11potassium.
Tachycardia,11tachypnea,11HTN,11seizures,11irritability,11spastic,11diarrhea,11borborygmi
c11(increased11bowel11sounds),11hyperreflexia11(3+,114+).....11HYPOkalemia!
What11is11the11nursing11intervention11for11s/s11of11ALKALOSIS?11-11answer--
Patient11needs11suctioning11because11of11seizures.