What type of blood test to test for acidosis?

[Supeudol]

Hi all. Not sure if this is the right forum to post this. Anyway;

What type of blood test is needed to check for Acidosis?

Can they tell anything by Uric Acid, or Electrolytes?

Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

Cheers.

 

[Bearlove]

Not really sure if this helps but managed to find these tests that seem to be mentioned by a few different sources


Arterial or venous blood gas analysis
Serum electrolytes
Urine pH

An arterial blood gas analysis or serum electrolytes test, such as a basic metabolic panel, will confirm that acidosis is present and indicate whether it is metabolic acidosis or respiratory acidosis. Other tests may be needed to determine the cause of the acidosis.

This site seems to have a lot of information on the subject

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001181.htm

Good luck