The “excess” of one substance needed to correct this quantity is often between -2 and +2 and is reported on ABG panels, which show this quantity first. (15[1])Winters’s formula (-5[1])calculates the expected respiratory compensation in one disturbance (15[1])to this quantity. Kussmaul breathing may compensate (15[1])for a high (15[1])anion gap disturbance in this quantity, (15[1]-5[1])which can result from the overproduction (15[1])of (*) beta-hydroxybutyrate (10[1]-5[1])in diabetics. (10[2])Diarrhea and vomiting cause hypochloremic, hypokalemic derangements in this quantity, whose [emphasize] decrease reduces hemoglobin’s (-5[1])affinity for (10[5])oxygen in the Bohr (10[6]-5[3])effect. (10[1])Metabolic disturbances to this (-5[1])quantity (-5[1])are offset by (10[3])adjusting (-5[1])CO2 (10[1])levels (10[1])since this quantity is regulated (10[1])by carbonic anhydrase. For 10 (10[2])points, the bicarbonate buffer system helps (10[2])maintain (10[1])what physiological (10[2])quantity around (10[2])7.4? (10[9]0[5])■END■