NUR 160 Hondros (100% accurate)

Normal pH levels correct answers 7.35-7.45 Normal PaCO2 levels correct answers 35-45 Normal HCO3 levels correct answers 22-26 Normal Potassium levels correct answers 3.5-5.5 Normal Chloride levels correct answers 98-106 Normal Sodium levels correct answers 135-145 Normal Blood Glucose levels correct answers 70-110 Metabolic Acidosis correct answers Headache, disorientation, hyperkalemia, muscle twitching, changes in loss of consciousness, Kussmaul respirations, lower pH, lower HCO3 Metabolic Alkalosis correct answers Restlessness followed by lethargy, dysrhythmias, compensatory hypoventilation, confusion, nausea and vomiting, slow respirations, hypokalemia, diarrhea, higher pH, higher HCO3 COPD correct answers Umbrella term; Chronic bronchitis and chronic emphesema Causes of Respiratory Acidosis correct answers Compromise in any of the 3 essential parts of breathing; ventilation, perfusion, or diffusion, COPD, Pneumonia, respiratory failure, atelectasis, barbituate or sedative overdose, paralysis of respiratory muscles, traumatic injury to the thorax, obesity, airway obstruction, head injuries, stroke, drowning, cystic fibrosis Causes of Respiratory Alkalosis correct answers Hyperventilation, anemia, hypermetabolic states, disorders of the CNS, drugs, asthma, pneumonia, inappropriate mechanical ventilator settings Causes of Metabolic Acidosis correct answers Starvation, dehydration, diabetic ketoacidosis, lactic acidosis, renal failure, shock, severe diarrhea, drugs, renal tubular acidosis Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis correct answers Excessive vomiting, prolonged gastric suctioning, electrolyte disturbance, cushing's disease, drugs, overdose of baking soda, excessive use of antacids such as Mylanta, hyperaldosteronism Hypotonic solution correct answers Is of lower osmolality than the blood, water moves by osmosis from the vascular system into the cells, pulls body of water out of the intravenous compartment