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Title: A nurse who is evaluating a patient’s arterial blood gases has determined that the patient’s pH ...
Post by: Mitch_ on Apr 5, 2017
A nurse who is evaluating a patient’s arterial blood gases has determined that the patient’s pH is acidic. What is the next question the nurse would ask in this interpretation?
1. Is the patient symptomatic of an acidic condition?
2. Which individual ABG component matches the pH acid–base state?
3. Is the PaCO2 within normal range?
4. Is HCO3 within normal range?


Title: Re: A nurse who is evaluating a patient’s arterial blood gases has determined that the patient’s ...
Post by: hogger on Apr 5, 2017
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Title: Re: A nurse who is evaluating a patient’s arterial blood gases has determined that the patient’s pH ...
Post by: Mitch_ on May 19, 2017
I assumed that was the answer, I appreciate the confirmation