Question

what are typical labs (abgs...) for someone with copd

Answer 1

Ans) An arterial blood gas test is one of the tests used for COPD diagnosis.

- The test measures the oxygen (O2) level in blood and if carbon dioxide (CO2) is removed properly. It can also determine the acidity (pH) of your blood. Imbalances in the amount of oxygen, carbon dioxide, or pH can serve as a way to evaluate respiratory diseases, kidney function, and the body’s metabolism (the process by which our body converts food into energy that can be used right away or stored in the liver, muscles and body fat).

- Results of the test can show the severity of COPD and whether a person needs oxygen therapy.

- COPD’s pathology includes loss of tissue elasticity, emphysematous bullae, small airway obstruction, and destruction of lung parenchyma. Persons with COPD are typically separated into one of two catagories: “pink puffers” (normal PaCO2, PaO2 > 60 mmHg) or “blue bloaters” (PaCO2 > 45 mmHg, PaO2 < 60 mmHg).

- Respiratory acidosis is not the only acid-base disturbance observed in patients with COPD.

- The presence of comorbidity and side effects of some drugs used to treat COPD patients cause different ddisorders.BBothmetabolic acidosis and metabolic alkalosis can coexist with respiratory acidosis.