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Class notes Mark Klimek Lecture Not.es (NUR1310)
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LECTURE 1: Acid Base Balance & Ventilator 
Interpreting blood gases 
(remember the rules of the B’s) 
•	If the pH and the bicarb are both in the same direction then it’s metaBolic (Bicarb Both Bolic), if they are in different directions then it is respiratory 
 
•	If bicarb is normal and the pH is low or high then its respiratory 
 
•	You will be given 8 values for arterial blood gas, always first look at the pH and the bicarb first 
 
•	You get acidosis and alkalosis from the pH 
 
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