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Category Acid-base
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Sodium Bicarbonate Use

Sodium Bicarbonate Use. metabolic acidosis leads to adverse cardiovascular effects. bicarbonate must be administered in a solution as sodium bicarbonate
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Respiratory Compensation in Metabolic Disorders

The extent of respiratory compensation for a metabolic disorder is determined by the balance between the abnormality in the pH (hence the drive to change) and how hard it is to get there (eg. work of respiratory muscles in hyperventilation)
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Normal Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis

Normal Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis (NAGMA). HCO3 loss and replaced with Cl- -> anion gap normal. if hyponatraemia is present the plasma [Cl-] may be normal despite the presence of a normal anion gap acidosis -> this could be considered a 'relative hyperchloraemia'.
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Metabolic Alkalosis

Metabolic alkalosis is a a primary acid-base disorder that causes the plasma bicarbonate to rise to an abnormally high level. the severity of a metabolic alkalosis is determined by the difference between the actual [HCO3] and the expected [HCO3]