What are you compensating for?
H+ stands for this ____ and helps the kidneys compensate for respiratory issues?
What are hydrogen ions?
Your patient has a blood glucose of 400, is fatigued, and has been vomiting all day.
Metabolic acidosis.
pH 7.32 CO2 47 HCO3 23
What is uncompensated respiratory acidosis?
Taylor Swift is named after this famous musician.
Who is James Taylor?
What are ventilations?
Your patient is hyperventilating and complains of lightheadedness and numb fingers and toes.
What is respiratory alkalosis?
7.47 CO2 31 HCO3 21
Partially compensated respiratory alkalosis.
Taylor Swift used to model for this clothing company.
What is Abercrombie & Fitch?
When a patient is in respiratory alkalosis you can expect the kidneys to ____ H+ excretion.
What is decrease?
Your patient has a NG tube and has been hooked up to continuous suction for 72 hours.
What is metabolic alkalosis?
(loss of acidic fluids in the stomach cause an increase in the alkalinity of blood)
pH 7.35, CO2 32, HCO3 19
What is fully compensated metabolic acidosis?
At this age, Taylor Swift was the youngest artist ever to receive the Album of the Year Award.
What is 20?
In order to rebreathe some CO2 patients in respiratory alkalosis from anxiety are instructed to do this.
What is breathe into a paper bag?
Your patient was found down in their home and the carbon monoxide alarm was going off.
What is metabolic acidosis?
(Although seemingly a respiratory issue, carbon monoxide builds up in the blood and causes lactic acidosis)
pH 7.44 CO2 48 HCO3 30
Fully compensated metabolic acidosis.
In 2008 Taylor Swift and this BFF dated two of the Jonas Brothers.
Who is Selena Gomez?
A patient with this type of chronic illness might have trouble compensating for acid-base imbalances.
What is renal disease?
Your patient is found down with track marks near the antecubital vein on his arm.
What is respiratory acidosis?
(Hypoventilation causes resp acidosis, a more severe case of heroin over dose would probably be a mixed resp and metabolic acidosis)
pH 7.2, CO2 52, HCO3 13
What is metabolic and respiratory acidosis?
In 2019, Taylor Swift made this much money, making her one of the highest paid women in music.
What is 185 million dollars?