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This document provides an overview of blood gas analysis (BGA). It begins by explaining why BGA is important and outlines the basic steps to interpret a BGA result. The key steps include examining the pH value first to determine if there is acidemia or alkalemia. Next, the document checks if there is a respiratory component by looking at the pCO2 value. It then checks if there is a metabolic component by examining the bicarbonate and base excess levels. Using these values, it determines the primary acid-bas

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