Acid-base status
- PH ↑
- Bicabonate (HCO3-) current ↓
- Bicarbonate standard – normal
- Basenexcess (base excess) – normal
- Blood carbon dioxide partial pressure (pCO2) (hypocapnia) ↓
Other possible examinations
- Blood oxygen partial pressure (pO2) – unchanged or ↓
- Oxygen saturation (SpO2)
| Acidoses and alkaloses | ||||||||
| Acidosis | Alkalosis | |||||||
| metabolic | respiratory | metabolic | respiratory | |||||
| comp. | decomp. | comp. | decomp. | comp. | decomp. | comp. | decomp. | |
| pH | normal | < 7,36 | normal | < 7,36 | normal | > 7,44 | normal | > 7,44 |
| HCO3- | ↓ | ↓ | ↑ | normal to (↑) | ↑ | ↑ | ↓ | normal to (↓) |
| pCO2 | ↓ | normal to (↓) | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | normal to (↑) | ↓ | ↓ |
| pO2 | → | → | ↓ | ↓ | → | → | → | ↓ |
Legend
- Comp. (= compensated)
- Decomp. (= decompensated)
- ↓ (= decreased), ↑ (= increased), → (= unchanged).
Compensation
The body attempts to compensate metabolically – through metabolic activity – for this respiratory (breathing-related) disturbance by increasing the kidney‘s excretion of bicarbonate in the urine.
