Notice how placing the values on the map
pretty much tells you the interpretation
pH = 7.21 | CO2 = 32 | HCO3 = 8 |
The pH and HCO3 are both acidotic, telling us we have a metabolic acidosis.
The CO2 of 20 is alkalotic as the lungs work to blow off CO2 and raise the pH
and partly compensate for the deeply acidotic HCO3 of 8 mEq
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A PARTIALLY COMPENSATED METABOLIC ACIDOSIS
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