ABnomogram

Check the acid-base status of a blood sample

Description

This function executes the analysis of the Acid-Base status of a blood sample given the pH and the pCO2 (in mmHg). The function plots a nomogram with 13, differently coloured, zones. The zone in which your data fall represents the Acid-Base status of your blood sample. By itself, the function plots a nomogram for a normal sample.

Syntax: ABNONOGRAM(pH,pCO2)
     
Inputs:
pH - Blood sample pH. This is a scalar value.
pC02 - Blood sample pCO2. This is a scalar value.

Outputs:
Nomogram plot

Example:
abnomogram will show a nomogram for a normal sample
abnomogram(7.5,45) will show a nomogram with your data into the metabolic alkalosis zone.

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• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7.6 (R2008a)