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A student is nervous for a big exam and is breathing rapidly. What do you expect to see in this patients acid-base balance? A) Metabolic Acidosis B) Respiratory Alkalosis C) Metabolic Alkalosis D) Respiratory Acidosis - Correct Answer B) Respiratory Alkalosis A 45 year old female with renal failure missed her dialysis and was starting to feel sick. What could be the reason? A) Metabolic Acidosis B) Metabolic Alkalosis C) Respiratory Acidosis D) Respiratory Alkalosis - Correct Answer A...

pH - 7.52 PCO2 - 31 mmHg PO2- 60 mmHg O2Sat - 90% HCO3 - 25 mEq/L - uncompensated respiratory alkalosis with hypoxemia pH - 7.28 PCO2 - 52 mmHg PO2- 55 mmHg O2Sat - 88% HCO3 - 23 mEq/L - uncompensated respiratory acidosis with hypoxemia pH - 7.48 PCO2 - 37 mmHg PO2- 91 mmHg O2Sat - 97% HCO3 - 38 mEq/L - uncompensated metabolic alkalosis pH - 7.22 PCO2 - 41 mmHg PO2- 87 mmHg O2Sat - 97% HCO3 - 19 mEq/L - uncompensated metabolic acidosis pH - 7.46 PCO2 - 26 mmHgPO2- 63 mmHg O...

Diagnose the patient: pH = 7.1 (ACIDIC) pCO2 = 40 mm Hg (normal) HCO3 = 18 (Acidic) - *Metabolic acidosis -Pt could have ketoacidosis -The body will compensate by blowing off and lowering CO2 to become more basic Diagnose the patient: pH = 7.1 (ACIDIC) PCO2 = 60 MM HG (ACIDIC) HCO3 = 22 (normal) - *Respiratory acidosis -Body will increase HCO3 to compensate so pH will come back to normal range (done by kidneys) Diagnose the patient: pH = 7.35 (normal/A) PCO2 = 65 mm (ACIDIC) HCO3 =...

1. George Kent is a 54 year old widower with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and was rushed to the emergency department with increasing shortness of breath, pyrexia, and a productive cough with yellow-green sputum. He has difficulty in communicating because of his inability to complete a sentence. One of his sons, Jacob, says he has been unwell for three days. Upon examination, crackles and wheezes can be heard in the lower lobes; he has a tachycardia and a bounding pulse....

A patient who has required prolonged mechanical ventilation has the following arterial blood gas results: pH 7.48, PaO2 85 mm Hg, PaCO2 32 mm Hg, and HCO3 25 mEq/L. The nurse interprets these results as a. metabolic acidosis. b. metabolic alkalosis. c. respiratory acidosis. d. respiratory alkalosis. - ANS: D The pH indicates that the patient has alkalosis and the low PaCO2 indicates a respiratory cause. The other responses are incorrect based on the pH and the normal HCO3. A patient has ...

An arterial blood gas with a pH of 7.48 indicates: - alkalosis To compensate for a PaCO2 of 24 mm Hg, what will occur? - excretion of bicarbonate ABGs are pH 7.4, CO2 40 mmHg and HCO3 22mEq/L. This indicates: - normal balance Acute respiratory alkalosis can be caused by: - All anxiety, pain and CNS lesoin ABG results are pH 7.4, PaCO2 60 mmHg, HCO3 36 mEq/L. This indicates: - fully compensated respiratory acidosis or metabolic alkalosis To compensate for a HCO3 of 28 mEq/L, what will occu...

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Unit 1 ABG Lab Exam Questions With Complete Solutions.

ABG (Arterial Blood Gas) Interpretation-The Basics