Can you have acidosis without acidemia?
One can have an acidosis without an acidemia if there is a compensatory or competing alkalosis. Therefore the patient does not have an acidemia, but certainly has an underlying, severe acidosis, as evidenced by the low serum bicarbonate.
One can have an acidosis without an acidemia if there is a compensatory or competing alkalosis. Therefore the patient does not have an acidemia, but certainly has an underlying, severe acidosis, as evidenced by the low serum bicarbonate.
