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PaCO2 normal range - Answers✔35-45 mm Hg
HCO3- normal range - Answers✔22-26 mEq/L
Hyperaldosteronism leads to this - Answers✔Renal retention of salt & water
Increased excretion of potassium (hypokalemia)
Cause of hypophosphatemia - Answers✔magnesium-aluminum antacid overuse
Buffer system in ECF - Answers✔Bicarb buffer system
TB clinical manifestations - Answers✔Productive cough
Low grade fever
Night sweats
Pneumococcal pneumonia - Is bacterial or viral worse? - Answers✔Bacterial (more acute;
produces exudate)
Things to watch in patient with malignant tumor secreting PTH-related peptide? -
Answers✔Serum calcium (constipation & lethargy)
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