A Patient Was Admitted for a Bowel Obstruction and Has

question 24

Multiple Choice

A patient was admitted for a bowel obstruction and has had a nasogastric tube set to low intermittent suction for the past 3 days.The patient's respiratory rate has decreased to 12 breaths per minute.The nurse would expect the patient to have which of the following arterial blood gas values?

• A) pH 7.78, PaCO₂ 40 mm Hg, HCO₃^- 30 mEq/L
• B) pH 7.52, PaCO₂ 48 mm Hg, HCO₃^- 28 mEq/L
• C) pH 7.35, PaCO₂ 35 mm Hg, HCO₃^- 26 mEq/L
• D) pH 7.25, PaCO₂ 47 mm Hg, HCO₃^- 29 mEq/L

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