ajmoore1325

exactly what I thought thanks for the second opinion!

I was presented this problem, and the compensation makes no sense to me. PH- 7.48 CO2-25 Bi carb-28 Alot of my fellow students say this is resp. alkalosis partially compensated. I dont understand how a bicarb of 28 would compensate for a Co2 of 25, My thinking is that the Bicarb should be lower in order to bring the Co2 acid back into normal range to be partially compensated. Am I making sense?

Thank you to everybody who took the time to help. This is such a valuable source of experienced nurses, wish I knew about this site earlier!!!

so if I have a pt with a history of heart failure I could confirm with the CVP of 10 for example that there is to much fluid on the heart causing failure thus causing the CVP to go up. If the CVP was within normal range I would know that its not fluid causing the issue and maybe its a contraction issue needing an inotrope drug. Is that closer to the right track? by the way, thank you for taking the time to give me all that info, it was very well written and a great help!! My test is thursday, last semester before graduation and I really want to understand this!!

i need some help!!! I am studying hemodynamics, and I get the basis of it such as CVP and wedge pressure, but when I do the case studies I feel lost. Im losing some meaning somewhere when it starts talking about Left or right heart and pulmonary. Can anyone give me a simplistic anwser of how an increased wedge or CVP affects the heart lungs and body. Ive looked at the post on here already and am still not getting the case studies. Any help would be great, thanks!!!