The base excess or base deficit is useful to the physician, because this value:
A) provides an indirect measure of the hemoglobin concentration in whole blood.
B) identifies the state of compensation of the acid-base imbalance.
C) permits estimation of the number of milliequivalents of acid or base that would be required to correct the pH to 7.4.
D) provides a direct measure of base available in the body, irrespective of the amount of acid present in the body.
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Q2: The major physiological buffer is:
A)bicarbonate
B)hemoglobin
C)phosphate
D)protein
Q3: Calculate the pH of a blood sample,
Q4: A normal total CO₂, increased pCO₂, and
Q5: An increased total CO₂, normal pCO₂, and
Q6: An increased total CO₂, increased pCO₂, and
Q7: Why is the bicarbonate buffer system chosen
Q8: Given the following arterial blood-gas results, which
Q9: Calculate the bicarbonate concentration, given the following
Q10: The base excess in a blood sample
Q11: A decreased total CO₂, decreased pCO₂, and
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