Maricopa Community Colleges  RES105AE   19946-20086 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 07/22/08
RES105AE 19946-20086 LEC 1 Credit(s) 1 Period(s)
Gas Transport/Acid-Base Balance
Mechanisms of gas transport. Interpretation of acid-base components of blood gases.
Prerequisites: None.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
RES105AE   19946-20086 Gas Transport/Acid-Base Balance
1. Describe the mechanics of gas transport. (I-III)
2. Interpret the acid-base components of blood gases. (IV-VIII)
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RES105AE   19946-20086 Gas Transport/Acid-Base Balance
    I. Diffusion of oxygen into the blood
      II. Partial pressures of oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen and water
          A. Ambient gas
          B. Alveolar gas
          C. Arterial blood
          D. Venus blood
        III. Physical and chemical processes of oxygen transport
            A. Ventilation-perfusion relationship
              1. Distribution of pulmonary perfusion
              2. Distribution of pulmonary ventilation
            B. Alveolar gas exchange
            C. Oxygen content/transport
            D. Hemoglobin-oxygen affinity
          IV. Physical and chemical processes of carbon dioxide transport
            V. Terms
                A. pH
                B. Acidosis
                C. Alkalosis
                D. Respiratory component
                E. Non-respiratory (metabolic) component
                F. Compensated
                G. Uncompensated
                H. Carbon dioxide content
                I. Buffer
              VI. Relationship of pH, PCO2 and HCO3 in the Henderson-Hasselbalch Equation
                VII. Rental and respiratory effects on acid base blaance in the Henderson-Hasselbalch Equation
                  VIII. Clinical acid-base states
                      A. Respiratory acidosis
                      B. Respiratory alkalosis
                      C. Metabolic acidosis
                      D. Metabolic alkalosis
                      E. Compensated (chronic)
                      F. Uncompensated (Acute)
                      G. Partially compensated
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