1 Gas Exchange |
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1.1 The Respiratory Centre |
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1.2 Rhythmicity of the Respiratory Centre |
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1.3 The Thoracic Neural Receptors |
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1.5 The Central Chemoreceptors and the Alpha-Stat Hypothesis |
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1.6 Peripheral Chemoreceptors |
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1.7 Chemoreceptors in Hypoxia |
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1.8 Response of the Respiratory Centre to Hypoxemia |
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1.10 Partial Pressure of a Mixture of Gases |
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1.10.1 Atmospheric Pressure |
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1.11 Partial Pressure of a Gas |
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1.12 The Fractional Concentration of a Gas (Fgas) |
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1.14 Henry's Law and the Solubility of a Gas in Liquid |
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1.18 The Modified Alveolar Gas Equation |
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1.19 The Determinants of the Alveolar Gas Equation |
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1.20 The Respiratory Quotient (RQ) in the Alveolar Air Equation |
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1.21 FIO2, PAO2, PaO2 and CaO2 |
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1.22 DO2, CaO2, SpO2, PaO2 and FIO2 |
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1.23 O2 Content: An Illustrative Example |
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1.24 Mechanisms of Hypoxemia |
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1.25 Processes Dependent Upon Ventilation |
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1.26 Defining Hypercapnia (Elevated CO2) |
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1.27 Factors That Determine PaCO2 Levels |
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1.28 Relationship Between CO2 Production and Elimination |
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1.29 Exercise, CO2 Production and PaCO2 |
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1.31 Minute Ventilation and Alveolar Ventilation |
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34 | (1) |
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1.32 The Determinants of the PaCO2 |
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35 | (1) |
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1.33 Alveolar Ventilation in Health and Disease |
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36 | (1) |
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1.34 Hypoventilation and PaCO2 |
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37 | (1) |
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1.35 The Causes of Hypoventilation |
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38 | (1) |
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1.36 Blood Gases in Hypoventilation |
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1.37 Decreased CO2 Production |
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1.37.1 Summary: Conditions That Can Result in Hypercapnia |
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40 | (1) |
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1.38 V/Q Mismatch: A Hypothetical Model |
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41 | (1) |
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1.39 V/Q Mismatch and Shunt |
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42 | (1) |
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1.40 Quantifying Hypoxemia |
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43 | (1) |
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1.41 Compensation for Regional V/Q Inequalities |
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44 | (1) |
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1.42 Alveolo-Arterial Diffusion of Oxygen (A-aDO2) |
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45 | (1) |
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1.43 A-aDO2 is Difficult to Predict on Intermediate Levels of FIO2 |
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46 | (1) |
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1.44 Defects of Diffusion |
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47 | (1) |
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1.45 Determinants of Diffusion: DLCO |
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48 | (1) |
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1.47 A-aDO2 Helps in Differentiating Between the Different Mechanisms of Hypoxemia |
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2 The Non-Invasive Monitoring of Blood Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Levels |
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51 | (44) |
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2.1 The Structure and Function of Haemoglobin |
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2.3 The Bohr Effect and the Haldane Effect |
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55 | (1) |
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2.4 Oxygenated and Non-oxygenated Hemoglobin |
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56 | (1) |
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2.5 PaO2 and the Oxy-hemoglobin Dissociation Curve |
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57 | (1) |
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2.6 Monitoring of Blood Gases |
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58 | (1) |
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2.6.1 Invasive O2 Monitoring |
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58 | (1) |
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2.6.2 The Non-invasive Monitoring of Blood Gases |
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58 | (1) |
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2.7 Principles of Pulse Oximetry |
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59 | (1) |
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60 | (1) |
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2.9 Optical Plethysmography |
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61 | (1) |
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2.10 Types of Pulse Oximeters |
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62 | (1) |
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2.11 Pulse Oximetry and PaO2 |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (1) |
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2.13 Shifts in the Oxy-hemoglobin Dissociation Curve |
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65 | (1) |
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2.14 Oxygen Saturation (SpO2) in Anemia and Skin Pigmentation |
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66 | (1) |
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2.15 Oxygen Saturation (SpO2) in Abnormal Forms of Hemoglobin |
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67 | (1) |
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2.16 Mechanisms of Hypoxemia in Methemoglobinemia |
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68 | (1) |
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2.17 Methemoglobinemias: Classification |
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70 | (1) |
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2.19 Carbon Monoxide (CO) Poisoning |
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71 | (1) |
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2.21 Sources of Error While Measuring SpO2 |
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2.22 Point of Care (POC) Cartridges |
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2.23 Capnography and Capnometry |
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76 | (1) |
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2.24 The Capnographic Waveform |
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77 | (1) |
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2.25 Main-Stream and Side-Stream Capnometers |
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78 | (1) |
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2.26 PEtCO2 (EtCO2): A Surrogate for PaCO2 |
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2.27 Factors Affecting PEtCO2 |
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80 | (1) |
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2.28 Causes of Increased PaCO2-PEtCO2 Difference |
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81 | (1) |
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82 | (1) |
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2.30 Application of Bohr's Equation |
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84 | (1) |
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2.32 False-Positive and False-Negative Capnography |
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85 | (1) |
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2.33 Capnography and Cardiac Output |
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86 | (1) |
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2.34 Capnography as a Guide to Successful Resuscitation |
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2.35 Capnography in Respiratory Disease |
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88 | (2) |
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2.36 Esophageal Intubation |
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2.37 Capnography in Tube Disconnection and Cuff Rupture |
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91 | (2) |
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2.37.1 Biphasic Capnograph |
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91 | (2) |
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93 | (2) |
3 Acids and Bases |
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3.1 Intracellular and Extracellular pH |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (1) |
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3.3 Surrogate Measurement of Intracellular pH |
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98 | (1) |
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3.4 Preferential Permeability of the Cell Membrane |
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99 | (1) |
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3.5 Ionization and Permeability |
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100 | (1) |
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3.6 The Reason Why Substances Need to Be Ionized |
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101 | (1) |
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3.7 The Exceptions to the Rule |
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102 | (1) |
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3.8 The Hydrogen Ion (H+, Proton) |
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103 | (1) |
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3.9 Intracellular pH Is Regulated Within a Narrow Range |
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104 | (1) |
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3.10 A Narrow Range of pH Does Not Mean a Small Range of the H+ Concentration |
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105 | (1) |
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3.11 The Earliest Concept of an Acid |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (1) |
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3.13 Bronsted-Lowry Acids |
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108 | (1) |
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109 | (1) |
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3.15 The Usanovich Theory |
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109 | (1) |
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3.16 Summary of Definitions of Acids and Bases |
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110 | (1) |
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3.17 Stewart's Physico-Chemical Approach |
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111 | (1) |
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3.18 The Dissociation of Water |
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112 | (1) |
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3.19 Electrolytes, Non-electrolytes and Ions |
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113 | (1) |
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114 | (1) |
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3.21 Stewart's Determinants of the Acid Base Status |
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115 | (1) |
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3.22 Apparent and Effective Strong Ion Difference |
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116 | (1) |
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117 | (1) |
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3.24 Major Regulators of Independent Variables |
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118 | (1) |
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3.25 Fourth Order Polynomial Equation |
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119 | (2) |
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3.26 The Workings of Stewart's Approach |
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121 | (2) |
4 Buffer Systems |
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123 | (20) |
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124 | (1) |
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4.2 Disposal of Volatile Acids |
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125 | (1) |
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4.3 Disposal of Fixed Acids |
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126 | (1) |
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127 | (1) |
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128 | (1) |
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4.6 Mechanisms for the Homeostasis of Hydrogen Ions |
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129 | (1) |
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4.7 Intracellular Buffering |
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130 | (1) |
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131 | (1) |
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4.9 Buffer Systems of the Body |
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132 | (1) |
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4.10 Transcellular Ion Shifts with Acute Acid Loading |
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133 | (1) |
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4.11 Time-Frame of Compensatory Responses to Acute Acid Loading |
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134 | (1) |
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4.12 Quantifying Buffering |
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135 | (1) |
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4.13 Buffering in Respiratory Acidosis |
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136 | (1) |
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4.14 Regeneration of the Buffer |
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137 | (1) |
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4.15 Buffering in Alkalosis |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (1) |
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4.18 Base-Buffering by the Bicarbonate Buffer System |
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140 | (1) |
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141 | (1) |
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4.20 Role of the Liver in Acid-Base Homeostasis |
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142 | (1) |
5 pH |
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143 | (22) |
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5.1 Hydrogen Ion Activity |
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144 | (1) |
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5.2 Definitions of the Ad-hoc Committee of New York Academy of Sciences, 1965 |
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145 | (1) |
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5.3 Acidosis and Alkalosis |
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146 | (1) |
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5.4 The Law of Mass Action |
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147 | (1) |
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5.5 Dissociation Constants |
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148 | (1) |
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149 | (1) |
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5.7 The Buffering Capacity of Acids |
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150 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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5.8 The Modified Henderson-Hasselbach Equation |
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151 | (2) |
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5.9 The Difficulty in Handling Small Numbers |
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153 | (1) |
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5.10 The Puissance Hydrogen |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (1) |
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5.12 Relationship Between pH and H+ |
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156 | (1) |
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5.13 Disadvantages of Using a Logarithmic Scale |
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157 | (1) |
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5.14 pH in Relation to pK |
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158 | (1) |
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5.15 Is the Carbonic Acid System an Ideal Buffer System? |
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159 | (1) |
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5.16 The Bicarbonate Buffer System Is Open Ended |
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160 | (1) |
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5.17 Importance of Alveolar Ventilation to the Bicarbonate Buffer System |
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161 | (1) |
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5.18 Difference Between the Bicarbonate and Non-bicarbonate Buffer Systems |
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162 | (1) |
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5.19 Measuring and Calculated Bicarbonate |
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163 | (2) |
6 Acidosis and Alkalosis |
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165 | (6) |
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166 | (1) |
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6.2 Coexistence of Acid Base Disorders |
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167 | (1) |
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6.3 Conditions in Which pH Can Be Normal |
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168 | (1) |
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169 | (2) |
7 Respiratory Acidosis |
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171 | (10) |
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172 | (1) |
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7.2 The Causes of Respiratory Acidosis |
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173 | (1) |
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7.3 Acute Respiratory Acidosis: Clinical Effects |
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174 | (1) |
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7.4 Effect of Acute Respiratory Acidosis on the Oxy-hemoglobin Dissociation Curve |
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175 | (1) |
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7.5 Buffers in Acute Respiratory Acidosis |
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176 | (1) |
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7.6 Respiratory Acidosis: Mechanisms for Compensation |
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176 | (1) |
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7.7 Compensation for Respiratory Acidosis |
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177 | (1) |
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7.8 Post-hypercapnic Metabolic Alkalosis |
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178 | (1) |
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7.9 Acute on Chronic Respiratory Acidosis |
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179 | (1) |
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7.10 Respiratory Acidosis: Acute or Chronic? |
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180 | (1) |
8 Respiratory Alkalosis |
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181 | (8) |
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8.1 Respiratory Alkalosis |
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182 | (1) |
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8.2 Electrolyte Shifts in Acute Respiratory Alkalosis |
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183 | (1) |
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8.3 Causes of Respiratory Alkalosis |
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184 | (1) |
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8.4 Miscellaneous Mechanisms of Respiratory Alkalosis |
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185 | (2) |
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8.5 Compensation for Respiratory Alkalosis |
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187 | (1) |
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8.6 Clinical Features of Acute Respiratory Alkalosis |
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188 | (1) |
9 Metabolic Acidosis |
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189 | (48) |
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9.1 The Pathogenesis of Metabolic Acidosis |
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191 | (1) |
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9.2 The pH, PCO2 and Base Excess: Relationships |
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192 | (1) |
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9.3 The Law of Electroneutrality and the Anion Gap |
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193 | (1) |
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9.4 Electrolytes and the Anion Gap |
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194 | (1) |
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9.5 Electrolytes That Influence the Anion Gap |
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195 | (1) |
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9.6 The Derivation of the Anion Gap |
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196 | (1) |
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9.7 Calculation of the Anion Gap |
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197 | (1) |
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9.8 Causes of a Wide-Anion-Gap Metabolic Acidosis |
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198 | (1) |
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9.9 The Corrected Anion Gap (AG) |
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199 | (1) |
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9.10 Clues to the Presence of Metabolic Acidosis |
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200 | (1) |
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9.11 Normal Anion-Gap Metabolic Acidosis |
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201 | (1) |
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9.12 Pathogenesis of Normal-Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis |
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202 | (1) |
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203 | (1) |
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9.14 Systemic Consequences of Metabolic Acidosis |
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204 | (1) |
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9.15 Other Systemic Consequences of Metabolic Acidosis |
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205 | (2) |
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9.16 Hyperkalemia and Hypokalemia in Metabolic Acidosis |
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207 | (1) |
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9.17 Compensatory Response to Metabolic Acidosis |
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208 | (1) |
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9.18 Compensation for Metabolic Acidosis |
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209 | (1) |
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210 | (1) |
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9.20 Altered Bicarbonate Is Not Specific for a Metabolic Derangement |
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211 | (1) |
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9.21 Actual Bicarbonate and Standard Bicarbonate |
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212 | (1) |
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9.22 Relationship Between ABC and SBC |
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213 | (1) |
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214 | (1) |
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215 | (1) |
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9.25 Ketosis and Ketoacidosis |
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216 | (1) |
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9.26 Acidosis in Untreated Diabetic Ketoacidosis |
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217 | (1) |
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9.27 Acidosis in Diabetic Ketoacidosis Under Treatment |
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218 | (1) |
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9.28 Renal Mechanisms of Acidosis |
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219 | (1) |
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9.29 L-Lactic Acidosis and D-Lactic Acidosis |
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220 | (1) |
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9.30 Diagnosis of Specific Etiologies of Wide Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis |
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221 | (2) |
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9.31 Pitfalls in the Diagnosis of Lactic Acidosis |
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223 | (1) |
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9.32 Renal Tubular Acidosis |
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224 | (1) |
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225 | (1) |
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9.34 Mechanisms in Miscellaneous Causes of Normal Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis |
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226 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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9.36 Bicarbonate Gap (the Delta Ratio) |
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228 | (1) |
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229 | (1) |
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9.38 Utility of the Urinary Anion Gap |
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230 | (1) |
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231 | (1) |
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9.40 Osmolarity and Osmolality |
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232 | (1) |
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233 | (1) |
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9.42 Abnormal Low Molecular Weight Circulating Solutes |
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234 | (1) |
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9.43 Conditions That Can Create an Osmolar Gap |
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235 | (1) |
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236 | (1) |
10 Metabolic Alkalosis |
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237 | (16) |
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10.1 Etiology of Metabolic Alkalosis |
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238 | (1) |
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10.2 Pathways Leading to Metabolic Alkalosis |
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239 | (1) |
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10.3 Maintenance Factors for Metabolic Alkalosis |
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240 | (1) |
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10.4 Maintenance Factors for Metabolic Alkalosis: Volume Contraction |
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241 | (1) |
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10.5 Maintenance Factors for Metabolic Alkalosis: Dyselectrolytemias |
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242 | (1) |
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10.6 Compensation for Metabolic Alkalosis |
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243 | (1) |
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244 | (1) |
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10.8 Diagnostic Utility of Urinary Chloride (1) |
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245 | (1) |
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10.9 The Diagnostic Utility of Urinary Chloride (2) |
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246 | (1) |
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10.10 Diagnostic Utility of Urinary Chloride (3) |
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247 | (1) |
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10.11 Some Special Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis |
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248 | (2) |
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10.12 Metabolic Alkalosis Can Result in Hypoxemia |
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250 | (1) |
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10.13 Metabolic Alkalosis and the Respiratory Drive |
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251 | (2) |
11 The Analysis of Blood Gases |
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253 | (14) |
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254 | (1) |
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11.1.1 Venous Blood Gas (VBG) as a Surrogate for ABG Analysis |
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254 | (1) |
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11.2 Step 1: Authentication of Data |
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255 | (1) |
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11.3 Step 2: Characterization of the Acid-Base Disturbance |
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256 | (1) |
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11.4 Step 3: Calculation of the Expected Compensation |
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257 | (1) |
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11.5 The Alpha-Numeric (a-1) Mnemonic |
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258 | (1) |
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259 | (1) |
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11.7 The Respiratory Track |
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260 | (1) |
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11.8 Step 4: The 'Bottom Line': Clinical Correlation |
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261 | (4) |
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11.8.1 Clinical Conditions Associated with Simple Acid-Base Disorders |
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262 | (1) |
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263 | (2) |
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265 | (2) |
12 Factors Modifying the Accuracy of ABG Results |
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267 | (12) |
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268 | (1) |
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12.2 Accuracy of Blood Gas Values |
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269 | (1) |
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12.3 The Effects of Metabolizing Blood Cells |
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270 | (1) |
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271 | (1) |
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12.5 The Effect of an Air Bubble in the Syringe |
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272 | (1) |
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12.6 Effect of Over-Heparization of the Syringe |
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273 | (1) |
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12.7 The Effect of Temperature on the Inhaled Gas Mixture |
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274 | (1) |
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12.8 Effect of Pyrexia (Hyperthermia) on Blood Gases |
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275 | (1) |
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12.9 Effect of Hypothermia on Blood Gases |
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276 | (1) |
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12.10 Plastic and Glass Syringes |
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277 | (2) |
13 Case Examples |
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279 | (48) |
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13.1 Patient A: A 34 year-old man with Metabolic Encephalopathy |
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281 | (1) |
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13.2 Patient B: A 40 year-old man with Breathlessness |
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282 | (1) |
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13.3 Patient C: A 50 year-old woman with Hypoxemia |
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283 | (1) |
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13.4 Patient D: A 20 year-old woman with Breathlessness |
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284 | (1) |
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13.5 Patient E: A 35 year-old man with Non-resolving Pneumonia |
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285 | (1) |
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13.6 Patient F: A 60 year-old man with Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema |
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286 | (1) |
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13.7 Patient G: A 72 year-old Drowsy COPD Patient |
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287 | (2) |
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13.8 Patient H: A 30 year-old man with Epileptic Seizures |
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289 | (2) |
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13.9 Patient I: An Elderly Male with Opiate Induced Respiratory Depression |
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291 | (2) |
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13.10 Patient J: A 73 year-old man with Congestive Cardiac Failure |
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293 | (2) |
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13.11 Patient K: A 20 year-old woman with a Normal X-ray |
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295 | (2) |
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13.12 Patient L: A 22 year-old man with a Head Injury |
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297 | (2) |
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13.13 Patient M: A 72 year-old man with Bronchopneumonia |
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299 | (2) |
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13.14 Patient N: A 70 year-old woman with a Cerebrovascular Event |
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301 | (2) |
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13.15 Patient 0: A 60 year-old man with COPD and Cor Pulmonale |
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303 | (2) |
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13.16 Patient P: A 70 year-old smoker with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Bronchitis |
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305 | (2) |
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13.17 Patient Q: A 50 year-old man with Hematemesis |
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307 | (2) |
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13.18 Patient R: A 68 year-old man with an Acute Abdomen |
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309 | (2) |
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13.19 Patient S: A young woman with Gastroenteritis and Dehydration |
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311 | (2) |
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13.20 Patient T: A 50 year-old woman with Paralytic Ileus |
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313 | (2) |
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13.21 Patient U: An 80 year-old woman with Extreme Weakness |
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315 | (2) |
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13.22 Patient V: A 50 year-old man with Diarrhea |
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317 | (2) |
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13.23 Patient W: A 68 year-old woman with Congestive Cardiac Failure |
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319 | (2) |
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13.24 Patient X: An 82 year-old woman with Diabetic Ketoacidosis |
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321 | (2) |
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13.25 Patient Y: A 50 year-old male in Cardiac Arrest |
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323 | (2) |
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13.26 Patient Z: A 50 year-old Diabetic with Cellulitis |
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325 | (2) |
Index |
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327 | |