Acid Base Metabolism

I. Acid-Base Physiology
II. Mechanisms of Renal Acid-Base Regulation
III. Acidosis
     A. Normal Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
     B. Increased Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis (see MUDPILES mnemonic)
IV. Alkalosis
     A. Chloride-responsive metabolic alkalosis
     B. Chloride-resistant metabolic alkalosis
V. Acid-Base Status
     A. Primary versus Mixed Conditions
     B. What is the base deficit (or base excess)?
     C. Neonatal blood gases
V. Acknowledgements

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Last modification: April 30, 1998