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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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