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The nurse is caring for a patient with no spontaneous respiratory effort who requires mechanical ventilation. The first blood gas after initiating the ventilator shows a pH of 7.52 and a PCO2 of 20.
 
  What intervention is required to correct this pH imbalance?
  a. Increase fluid infusion.
  b. Increase oxygen percentage.
  c. Reduce number of breaths/min.
  d. Increase number of breaths/min.
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ANS: C
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