Handbook of Blood Gas/Acid–Base Interpretation

• Main Author: Hasan, Ashfaq (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Anesthesiology.; Critical care medicine.; Internal medicine.; Hematology.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Medicine & Public Health.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Internal Medicine.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.

Analysis of blood gas can be a daunting task, but it is still one of the most helpful laboratory tests in managing respiratory and metabolic disorders. Busy medical students have struggled ineffectively with Hasselbach’s modification of the Henderson equation, been torn between the Copenhagen and th...

Table of Contents:

• The Blood Gases
• Gas Exchange
• The Noninvasive Monitoring of Blood Gases
• Acids and Bases
• Buffer Systems
• THE pH
• Acidosis and Alkalosis
• Respiratory Acidosis
• Respiratory Alkalosis
• Metabolic Acidosis
• Metabolic Alkalosis
• The Analysis of Blood Gases & Factors Modifying the Accuracy of ABG Results
• Case Examples.