Acid-base
Expected compensation card
Rules of thumb for compensation in each primary acid-base disturbance.
Required inputs
- Primary disturbance
- HCO₃ (mEq/L)
- PaCO₂ (mmHg)
Equation or source
Berend K. NEJM 2014;371:1434.
Provenance and release status
- Equation / algorithm
- Rules of thumb for compensation in each primary acid-base disturbance.
- Formula version
- expected-comp-v1
- Tool version
- 2.4.0
- Clinical risk class
- A. EDUCATIONAL CALCULATOR
- Release status
- Under clinical review
- Source status
- Direct primary source identifier not yet resolved
- Clinical review status
- Under clinical verification
- Clinical review date
- Clinical review date not yet documented
DOI / PMID / direct guideline identifier not yet documented.
Assumptions
- Entered values and units are accurate and apply to the population described by the cited source.
- The published equation or rule is being used without a patient-specific clinical adjustment.
Important limitations
- The result does not replace clinical assessment or establish a diagnosis.
- Performance outside the source population may differ.