QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
FivecrulescofcABGcinterpretationc-ccCORRECTcANSWERS1.cEvaluatecthecpHciscitcnormal?
Two.cEvaluatecthecPCO2.cIscitcacutecorcchroniccforcrespiratorycdisorder?
Three.cEvaluatecthecHCO3candccalculatecthecanioncgapcforcmetaboliccdisordercorcdeltacgap.cCheckcif
cmetaboliccacidosisciscpresent.
Four.cIdentifycthecprimarycdisorder.
Fivecdeterminecifccompensationciscpresentcincthecdegreecofccompensationcusingcwinter'scformula.cI
sctherecmorecthanconecdisorder?
Anioncgapcformula,candcnormalcvaluesc-ccCORRECTcANSWERSAGc=cNAc-
(Clc+cHCO3).cNormalcrangec12c+/-c4.cAbnormalc>16
ABGcnormalcrangesc-ccCORRECTcANSWERSpH:c7.35c-c7.45
PaCO2:c35c-45
HCO3c(bicarb):c22c-c26
pO2.c:c80-100
Anioncgapcmetaboliccacidosisccausesc-ccCORRECTcANSWERSMUDPILERS
Methanol
Uremia
DKA
Propylenecglycol
FivecrulescofcABGcinterpretationc-ccCORRECTcANSWERS1.cEvaluatecthecpHciscitcnormal?
Two.cEvaluatecthecPCO2.cIscitcacutecorcchroniccforcrespiratorycdisorder?
Three.cEvaluatecthecHCO3candccalculatecthecanioncgapcforcmetaboliccdisordercorcdeltacgap.cCheckcif
cmetaboliccacidosisciscpresent.
Four.cIdentifycthecprimarycdisorder.
Fivecdeterminecifccompensationciscpresentcincthecdegreecofccompensationcusingcwinter'scformula.cI
sctherecmorecthanconecdisorder?
Anioncgapcformula,candcnormalcvaluesc-ccCORRECTcANSWERSAGc=cNAc-
(Clc+cHCO3).cNormalcrangec12c+/-c4.cAbnormalc>16
ABGcnormalcrangesc-ccCORRECTcANSWERSpH:c7.35c-c7.45
PaCO2:c35c-45
HCO3c(bicarb):c22c-c26
pO2.c:c80-100
Anioncgapcmetaboliccacidosisccausesc-ccCORRECTcANSWERSMUDPILERS
Methanol
Uremia
DKA
Propylenecglycol