Page 190 - Rule Outs in Small Animal Medicine, Problem-oriented Assessment of Problems in Physical Examination and Clinical Pathology, 2nd Edition

Basic laboratory diagnostics Basic laboratory diagnostics
Blood gases and acid-base balance Blood gases and acid-base balance

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Respiratory
alkalosis Metabolic alkalosis
(decreased paCO ) (increased HCO 3 )
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Hyperventilation

Iatrogenic
(therapy with HCO 3 ) Loss of acids
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â Polypnoea
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Renal Gastrointestinal

– Iatrogenic (therapy with diuretics)
– Hyperaldosteronism
– Hyperadrenocorticism
Vomiting of stomach contents

– Foreign body obstructing the
pylorus or beginning of the small
intestines
– Pyloric stenosis

– Obstructive neoplasia

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