ABG Study Questions and verified answers

ABG Study Questions and verified answers 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. A patient has the following arterial blood gas (ABG) results: pH 7.32, PaO2 88 mm Hg, PaCO2 37 mm Hg, and HCO3 16 mEq/L. The nurse interprets these results as . b. metabolic alkalosis. c. respiratory acidosis. d. respiratory alkalosis. A 2-year-old child was brought into the emergency department after ingesting several morphine tablets from a bottle in his mother's purse. The nurse knows that the child is at greatest risk for which acid-base imbalance? b) Respiratory alkalosis c) Metabolic acidosis d) Metabolic alkalosis . A patient was admitted for a bowel obstruction and has had a nasogastric tube set to low intermittent suction for the past 3 days. The patient's respiratory rate has decreased to 12 breaths per minute. The nurse would expect the patient to have which of the following arterial blood gas values? a) pH 7.78, PaCO2 40 mm Hg, HCO3- 30 mEq/L c) pH 7.35, PaCO2 35 mm Hg, HCO3- 26 mEq/L d) pH 7.25, PaCO2 47 mm Hg, HCO3- 29 mEq/L The nurse would not expect full compensation to occur for which acid-base imbalance? a) Respiratory acidosis c) Metabolic acidosis d) Metabolic alkalosis Which laboratory value should the nurse examine when evaluating uncompensated respiratory alkalosis? a) PaO2 b) Anion gap d) HCO3- The nurse is caring for a diabetic patient in renal failure. Which laboratory findings would the nurse expect? b) pH 7.5, PaCO2 35 mm Hg, HCO3- 35 mEq/L c) pH 7.3, PaCO2 47 mm Hg, HCO3- 23 mEq/L d) pH 7.35, PaCO2 40 mm Hg, HCO3- 25 mEq/L A patient with a lower respiratory infection has pH of 7.25, PaCO2 of 55 mm Hg, and HCO3- of 20 mEq/L. The physician has been notified. Which is the priority nursing intervention for this patient? a) Check the color of the patient's urine output. b) Place the patient in Trendelenburg position. . d) Place the patient in high Fowler's position. . A patient who is comatose is admitted to the hospital with an unknown history. Respirations are deep and rapid. Arterial blood gas levels on admission are pH, 7.20; PaCO2, 21 mm Hg; PaO2, 92 mm Hg; and HCO3-, 8. You interpret these laboratory values to indicate: B. Metabolic alkalosis C. Respiratory acidosis D. Respiratory alkalosis The nurse would not expect full compensation to occur for which acid-base imbalance? A. Respiratory acidosis C. Metabolic acidosis D. Metabolic alkalosis . When evaluating arterial blood gases (ABGs), which value is consistent with metabolic alkalosis