Patient on continuous nasogastric suctioning could have a non-respiratory disturbance of metabolic alkalosis.

The primary goal of acid-base homeostasis is to maintain a normal PaO2.  

What are the major mechanisms responsible for maintaining a stable pH despite massive CO2 production?  Pulmonary ventilation  Gastrointestinal secretion  Isohydric buffering

In the kidney’s tubule cell, counter-transport refers to the simultaneous transport of Na+ and H+ ions in the opposite direction.

Discounting potassium (K+), what is a normal anion gap range according to Egan?

Approximately, how much CO2 is removed daily by the lungs?

Based on the following ABG results: pH 7.01, PCO2 71 mm Hg, HCO3– 16 mEq/L, what is the most likely acid-base interpretation?

[H+] can be determined by the use of which factors? (Multiple Answers)

What is the additional heat energy that is needed to effect the change over from solid to liquid?

Capillary action depends on which of the following? (Multiple Answers)