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patient with an acidotic blood pH of 7.3 may be treated with an alkali such as sodium bicarbonate.
Why would this treatment raise the pH of the blood? Can you please explain it?

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Bicarbonate is a weak base (pH=around 8). The pH of bases are between 8 (weak base) and 14 (strong
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base). If you add it to an acidic blood (pH of acidic blood will increase), the blood will become less acidic.   
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