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Arterial Blood Gases - Surgery

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Metabolic Alkalosis<br />

Uncompensated: ↑ pH, ↑ HCO -<br />

3 , nl PaCO Pa<br />

Compensated: nl pH, ↑ HCO -<br />

3 , ↑ Pa<br />

PaCO<br />

CO 2<br />

CO 2<br />

Causes: hypokalemia, nasogastric suctioning<br />

or vomiting, contraction alkalosis, bicarbonate<br />

administration, steroid therapy<br />

Treatment: treat cause, KCl, volume, diamox,<br />

NH 4Cl, Cl, arginine monohydrochloride, HCl

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