3: Blood Gas and Acid-Base Analysis

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CHAPTER 3 Blood Gas and Acid-Base Analysis

1 What are the normal arterial blood gas values in a healthy patient breathing room air at sea level?

See Table 3-1.

TABLE 3-1 Arterial Blood Gas Values at Sea Level

pH 7.36–7.44
PaCO2 33–44 mm Hg
PaO2 75–105 mm Hg
HCO3 20–26 mmol/L
Base deficit +3 to −3 mmol/L
SaO2 95%–97%

6 How do you calculate the degree of compensation?

See Table 3-3.

TABLE 3-3 Calculating the Degree of Compensation*

Primary Disorder Rule
Respiratory acidosis (acute) image increases 0.1 × (PaCO2 − 40)
pH decreases 0.008 × (PaCO2 − 40)
Respiratory acidosis (chronic) image increases 0.4 × (PaCO2 − 40)
Respiratory alkalosis (acute) image decreases 0.2 × (40 − PaCO2)
pH increases 0.008 × (40 − PaCO2)
Respiratory alkalosis (chronic) image decreases 0.4 × (40 − PaCO2)
Metabolic acidosis PaCO2 decreases 1 to 1.5 × (24 − image)
Metabolic alkalosis PaCO2 increases 0.25 to 1 × (HCO3 − 24)

* Compensatory mechanisms never overcorrect for an acid-base disturbance; when ABG analysis reveals apparent overcorrection, the presence of a mixed disorder should be suspected.

Data from Schrier RW: Renal and electrolyte disorders, ed 3, Boston, 1986, Little, Brown.