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Sort the cause into its acid-base disorder

Exercise and reference answers

Items
  1. Group
    Metabolic Acidosis
    Item
    Diabetic ketoacidosis
  2. Group
    Metabolic Acidosis
    Item
    Severe diarrhea
  3. Group
    Metabolic Alkalosis
    Item
    Vomiting (loss of stomach HCl)
  4. Group
    Metabolic Alkalosis
    Item
    Excess antacid ingestion
  5. Group
    Respiratory Acidosis
    Item
    Pneumonia
  6. Group
    Respiratory Acidosis
    Item
    Opioid-induced hypoventilation
  7. Group
    Respiratory Alkalosis
    Item
    Hyperventilation from anxiety
  8. Group
    Respiratory Alkalosis
    Item
    Breathing at high altitude
Groups
  1. Item
    Metabolic Acidosis
  2. Item
    Metabolic Alkalosis
  3. Item
    Respiratory Acidosis
  4. Item
    Respiratory Alkalosis
Instructions
Drag each cause into the acid-base disorder it produces.

Explanation

_Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology (CC BY 4.0), Ch 26, §Disorders of Acid-Base Balance, Table 26.2, p.1270-1271_
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