Open AccessArterial Blood Carbonic Acid Inversely Determines Lactic and Organic Acids
Author(s) -
Christopher Geoffrey Alexander Aiken
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2013/5228.3595
Subject(s) - carbonic acid , pco2 , bicarbonate , lactic acid , arterial blood , medicine , chemistry , anesthesia , biology , organic chemistry , bacteria , genetics
To establish that arterial blood carbonic acid varies inversely with lactic acid in accordance with bicarbonate exchanging for lactate across cell membranes through the anion exchange mechanism to maintain the Gibbs-Donnan equilibrium.