A 54-year-old female patient on the general floor has the following ABG results:
belongs to book: ABG PRACTICE QUESTIONS|Respiratory Therapy Zone|| Chapter number:1| Question number:17
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belongs to book: ABG PRACTICE QUESTIONS|Respiratory Therapy Zone|| Chapter number:1| Question number:17
total answers (1)
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This is your typical ABG interpretation question. Let’s break this one down.
The pH is elevated which means alkalosis. The PaCO2 is in the normal range. The Bicarb is elevated, which tells us that there is a metabolic issue. And since we already determined that the pH is elevated and the PaCO2 is normal, there is no compensation going on here.
So that rules out all of the other answer choices and we know that the correct answer has to be B.
The correct answer is: B. Acute metabolic alkalosis
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