NURS 103 exam 1 Questions and Answers Graded A+

NURS 103 exam 1 Questions and Answers
Graded A+

Normal pH levels - Correct answer-7.35-7.45

Low is acid, high is alkaline

normal PaCO2 levels - Correct answer-35-45 mmHg

Low is alkaline, high is acidic

Normal HCO3 levels - Correct answer-22-26 mEq/L

Low is acid, high is alkaline

Normal PaO2 levels - Correct answer-80-100 mmHg

What acid/base imbalance is associated with diarrhea? - Correct answer-Metabolic

acidosis

(diarrhea is basic)

what acid/base imbalance is associated with pneumonia with hypoventilation? -

Correct answer-Respiratory acidosis



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, what acid/base imbalance is associated with vomiting? - Correct answer-metabolic

alkalosis

what acid/base imbalance is associated with early PE? - Correct answer-respiratory

alkalosis

(in early, breathing is not yet shallow)

what acid/base imbalance is associated with starvation? - Correct answer-metabolic

acidosis

what acid/base imbalance is associated with panic attack - Correct answer-

Respiratory alkalosis

-exhale too much co2 in hyperventilation

-associated with hypocalcemia

what acid/base imbalance is associated with pneumonia with hyperventilation? -

Correct answer-respiratory alkalosis

hypoxemic respiratory failure - Correct answer-PaO2 under 60 mmhg

ventilated but non-perfused alveoli - Correct answer-dead space ventilation

perfusion without ventilation - Correct answer-shunting

acute lung inflammation with alveolar-capillary damage - Correct answer-ARDS


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