How does the renal system compensate for conditions of respiratory acidosis?
b.) Excreting more H+ surrounded by urine and retaining more HCO3-
Answers:
The kidneys compensate for respiratory acidosis by retaining HCO3-, and excreting hydrogen ions. Bicarbonate (HCO3-) is an alkaline substance, and helps to gain the pH of blood back inwardly a normal collection. This is a slow process, but is the body's best defense mechanism against acidotic conditions.
OK, form here on this is an repress of my previous statement. Furball gave you an vague answer. When the body is in respiratory acidosis, and the respiratory system cannot fix the situation, the renal system tries to compensate for this acidosis. Look it up contained by any nursing/RT textbook. The kidneys retain HCO3- to try to balance the pH. This is the body's approach of trying to maintain homeostasis. This is completely basic nursing fluency, and I see it in practice day after day. If you need backing with ABGs, quality free to email me :)
look it up in your textbook. how do you expect to swot things if you're not willing to do the work?
in actual fact it's neither. respiratory alkalosis/acidosis would depend on CO2 so your lungs would do the work. metabolic acidosis/alkalosis would depend on that buffer system that you mentioned
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