Report Title

Acid-Base Disorders Commonly Seen at a Tertiary Health Care Center

Collective Title

Master of Physician Assistant Research Reports 2005

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the frequency of acid-base disorders at a tertiary health care center. Methods: Arterial blood gas (ABG) samples (n=l 80) were randomly selected from the medical and surgical intensive care units (MICU/SICU) at Loma Linda University Medical Center over a given four month period. Each sample was interpreted and descriptive statistics were generated. Results: Approximately 31 % of ABG samples were normal. The most common acid-base disorder among both ICUs was simple respiratory alkalosis, occurring 39.2% out of all abnormal ABG results. Twenty-two percent of abnormal ABGs were found to be mixed acid-base disorders. There was no difference between the MICU and SICU when comparing normal, simple, or mixed acid-base disorders. Conclusion: Despite the results of our study, we do not recommend any changes in current curriculum or practice, nevertheless, educators and clinicians should be conscious that respiratory alkalosis was the most common acidbase disorder. Furthermore, mixed disorders occur with enough frequency that they must be a part of ABG education.

LLU Discipline

Physician Assistant

Department

Physician Assistant

School

School of Allied Health Professions

First Advisor

Wilkins, Robert L.

Second Advisor

Bourne, Kenrick C.

Third Advisor

Daher, Noha

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Degree Level

M.S.

Year Degree Awarded

2005

Date (Title Page)

2005

Language

English

Library of Congress/MESH Subject Headings

Acid-Base Imbalance; Acid-base imbalances; Health Services Research; Physician Assistants

Keywords

Respiratory alkalosis; Arterial blood gas; Acid-base disorders

Type

Research Report

Page Count

6 pg.

Digital Format

PDF

Digital Publisher

Loma Linda University Libraries

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This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Collection

Loma Linda University Research Reports

Collection Website

scholarsrepository.llu.edu/rr/

Repository

Loma Linda University. University Libraries.

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