The Base Excess or Base Deficit Is Useful to the Physician

question 5

Multiple Choice

The base excess or base deficit is useful to the physician, because this value:

• A)provides an indirect measure of the hemoglobin concentration in whole blood.
• B)identifies the state of compensation of the acid-base imbalance.
• C)permits estimation of the number of milliequivalents of acid or base that would be required to correct the pH to 7.4.
• D)provides a direct measure of base available in the body, irrespective of the amount of acid present in the body.

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Definitions:

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