A Patient Is Diagnosed with Type I Hypoxemic Failure

question 29

Multiple Choice

A patient is diagnosed with type I hypoxemic failure. The nurse should realize that this type of respiratory failure is linked to what?

• A) Muscular failure to move the air into and out of the lungs
• B) Failure of the neurological system to stimulate respirations
• C) Skeletal alterations of the thoracic region that limit air movement
• D) Breakdown of oxygen transport from the alveolus to arterial flow

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