MedSurg Final - ABG's Questions and Answers 100% Correct
< 7.35 ph correct answer acidosis
> 7.45 ph correct answer alkalosis
Acidosis correct answer hyperkalemia
Alkalosis correct answer hypokalemia
As ph decreases, so does my patient except for... Correct answer potassium
Bicarbonate correct answer alkalotic
Change in both paco2 + bicarbonate correct answer body is trying to compensate
Fully compensated correct answer ph has gone back to normal
Hco3 correct answer 22-26
Hco3 correct answer metabolic
Hco3 < 22 correct answer acidosis
Hco3 > 26 correct answer alkalosis
High c02 correct answer slower breathing
Hydrogen correct answer acidic
, Kidney buffer correct answer most powerful
Takes the longest
Hours to days
Lasts longer
Low c02 correct answer faster breathing
Metabolic acidosis correct answer decreased bicarbonate
Decrease ph
Increased hydrogen
Metabolic acidosis causes correct answer loss of bicarb through gi or renal dysfunction:
-diarrhea, liver/kidney failure
Reduced production of bicarbonate:
-kidney failure, pancreatitis
Accumulation of acids:
-lactic acid (heavy exercise, hypoxia)
-ketones (dka, starvation)
-excessive acid ingestion: ethanol, methanol intoxication, salicylate intoxication
Metabolic acidosis s/s correct answer confusion, headache
Hypotension
Rapid deep breathing
Warm, dry flushed skin
S/s hyperkalemia (abdominal cramps, diarrhea, muscle weakness, ekg changes)
Thready pulses (diff. From respiratory acidosis)
Metabolic acidosis s/s correct answer decreased rr
< 7.35 ph correct answer acidosis
> 7.45 ph correct answer alkalosis
Acidosis correct answer hyperkalemia
Alkalosis correct answer hypokalemia
As ph decreases, so does my patient except for... Correct answer potassium
Bicarbonate correct answer alkalotic
Change in both paco2 + bicarbonate correct answer body is trying to compensate
Fully compensated correct answer ph has gone back to normal
Hco3 correct answer 22-26
Hco3 correct answer metabolic
Hco3 < 22 correct answer acidosis
Hco3 > 26 correct answer alkalosis
High c02 correct answer slower breathing
Hydrogen correct answer acidic
, Kidney buffer correct answer most powerful
Takes the longest
Hours to days
Lasts longer
Low c02 correct answer faster breathing
Metabolic acidosis correct answer decreased bicarbonate
Decrease ph
Increased hydrogen
Metabolic acidosis causes correct answer loss of bicarb through gi or renal dysfunction:
-diarrhea, liver/kidney failure
Reduced production of bicarbonate:
-kidney failure, pancreatitis
Accumulation of acids:
-lactic acid (heavy exercise, hypoxia)
-ketones (dka, starvation)
-excessive acid ingestion: ethanol, methanol intoxication, salicylate intoxication
Metabolic acidosis s/s correct answer confusion, headache
Hypotension
Rapid deep breathing
Warm, dry flushed skin
S/s hyperkalemia (abdominal cramps, diarrhea, muscle weakness, ekg changes)
Thready pulses (diff. From respiratory acidosis)
Metabolic acidosis s/s correct answer decreased rr
