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I need an interpretation for tests of gas blood please

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stefana99035
stefana99035

Hello, I've been having bad sleep and woke up with paltitation, went to emergency room and the did and ekg which was fine, ran this blood tests and sent me home with a prescription of vitamins saying i have low potasium though that was fine on the sheet. Put me on salts perfusion and sent me home.. arriving home i noticed some stuff are not right.. i am anemic and i feel very bad daily... could you please interpret this to know if it has something to do with my bad health? Thank you very much

Ph 7,328

pCO2 34, 8 mmHg

pO2 38,2 mmHg

HCO3 act 17.9 mmol/L

HCO3 std 18.1 mmol/L

BE(B) -7.2 mmol/ L

BE(ecf)-8.1 mmol/L

ctCO2 18.9 mmol/l

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    I need to add that the blood was taken from the same vein/artery where the perfusion was inserted but on the other hand.. i don't know if that's a vein or artery and if it's different result from where you take blood from what i've been reading . Thank you

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