Usmile atme's List: Objective 030: Understand the causes, presentation and management of acid/base disturbance

Sooby Says: This is a short factsheet about acid base balance, it’s a quick and quite easy read. It’s real value is relating to the anion gap, and relevance of this test physiologically and clinically.

Sooby Says: This is a fantastic website going into lots of details into the physiology and into the clinical aspects of acidaemia/alkalaemia. This also has some great interactive models demonstrating compensation and how pH is generated. I have given you the home page for the website but it is a great little website to explore!

Sooby Says: This article is a great summary of what happens within the body when acid base balance is derranged. It also provides you with a quick way to approach arterial blood gases. It also gives you some of the signs and symptoms of acidosis and alkalosis. There are some links to good articles on to specific acid base disorders (respiratory acidosis, metabolic alkalosis etc) which are very useful and are not addressed individually in this article.