Arterial Blood Gas
Arterial Blood Gases
Type anything. It plots live on the grid and the reasoning unfolds beside it: tic-tac-toe, ROME, compensation.
Enter your values below.
Acidosis
Normal
Alkalosis
pH
< 7.35
7.35 – 7.45
> 7.45
PaCO₂
> 45
35 – 45
< 35
HCO₃⁻
< 22
22 – 26
> 26
Interpretation
Awaiting values…
1
Look at the pH
Enter a pH and I'll tell you which side it lands on.
2
Match a row to the pH column
Add PaCO₂ and HCO₃⁻ to see which one lines up with the pH on the grid.
3
Check it with ROME
Respiratory Opposite, Metabolic Equal: fill in all three values to compare arrows.
4
Is it compensating?
Uncompensated, partially compensated, or fully compensated: I'll show you once the three values are in.