Question 319 · LEK · Diagnostics
Indicate the right diagnosis in a 3-year-old boy with the following capillary blood gas analysis parameters - pH 7.3, pCO₂ 55 mmHg, HCO₃⁻ 22 mmol/L, BE -2 and pO₂ 50 mmHg:
- A. compensated respiratory acidosis.
- B. compensated metabolic acidosis.
- C. uncompensated respiratory acidosis.
- D. uncompensated metabolic acidosis.
- E. the results fall within the range of the capillary blood gas standard for a 3-year-old child.
Hint
Check pH first, then decide whether pCO2 or bicarbonate explains it, and whether the other component has shifted to compensate.
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