Respiratory Acidosis Quiz
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What is the major cause of metabolic acidosis?
A. hyperventilation
B. hypoventilation
C. ketoacidosis
D. renal failure
Your body is compensating by excreting HCO3- out from the body. What is the condition that induced this compensation?
A. Respiratory Alkalosis
B. Respiratory Acidosis
C. Metabolic Alkalosis
D. Metabolic Acidosis
The respiratory system compensates for changes in the pH level by responding to changes in the levels of:
A. CO2
B. H2O
C. H2CO3
D. HCO3
A serum pH of more than 7.45 is considered:
A. Acidic
B. Alkalinic
The nurse suspects respiratory failure secondary to hypoventilation in a patient with which condition?
A. anxiety
B. neuromuscular disease
C. pulmonary embolism
D. volume A/C ventilation at a rate of 20 breaths/min
You are reviewing the results of an ABG. When the pH and the PaCO2 values are moving in opposite directions, the primary problem is:
A. Respiratory
B. Renal
C. Metabolic
D. Compensation
This is a condition where there is loss of acid and lungs excrete excessive amounts of CO2
A. respiratory acidosis
B. respiratory alkalosis
C. metabolic acidosis
D. metabolic alkalosis
The normal pH range for blood is:
A. 7.0 – 7.25
B. 7.30 – 7.40
C. 7.35 – 7.45
D. 7.45 – 7.55
Your body is compensating by excreting HCO3- out from the body. What is the condition that induced this compensation?
A. Respiratory Alkalosis
B. Respiratory Acidosis
C. Metabolic Alkalosis
D. Metabolic Acidosis
Refers to the pathologic process causing a relative excess of acid in the body
A. acidosis
B. alkalosis
An incomplete glucose metabolism produces what type of acid?
A. ketoacids
B. carbonic acid
C. lactic acid
D. fatty acids
Which condition manifest with hypoventilation?
A. Respiratory acidosis
B. respiratory alkalosis
C. metabolic acidosis
D. metabolic alkalosis
What Acid-Base imbalance condition is usually from hyperventilation?
A. Respiratory acidosis
B. Respiratory alkalosis
C. Metabolic acidosos
D. Metabolic alkalosis
The main compensatory mechanism in respiratory alkalosis is
A. a) Retention of CO2.
B. b) Excretion of bicarbonate
C. c) Increase in Red Blood Cells.
D. d) Buffer system.
What is the body’s compensation when having Respiratory Acidosis?
A. The kidney’s excretes HCO3-
B. Your lungs will hyperventilate
C. The kidney’s will reabsorb HCO3-
D. Your lungs will hypoventilate
