Understanding acid-base disturbances.
The physiologic principles of blood pH, Pco2, and bicarbonate homeostasis provide a suitable basis for a systematic approach to the interpretation of acid-base disturbances. Pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management of the four classic acid-base disorders follows.
D000137:Acid-Base Imbalance / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000138:Acidosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D000142:Acidosis, Respiratory / Q000175:diagnosis; D000471:Alkalosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D000472:Alkalosis, Respiratory / Q000175:diagnosis; D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D006935:Hypercapnia / Q000175:diagnosis; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000627:therapeutic use
D001639:Bicarbonates; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D012965:Sodium Chloride