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It is determined that a patient is in acidosis What does this mean and would you treat the condition with a chemical that would raise or lower the pH?
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∙ 12y ago
The patient has excessive acid in the body fluids. You would treat the patient with a chemical that would raise the pH (lower pH=more acidic, so you need to raise the pH because higher pH=more basic)
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoyou would raise the pH, because if you lower it it becomes more acidic. ( 6 and below is acidic) so you would want the pH around 7.35 or 7.45. not lower bc all it does is make it more acidic.
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