A 5-Year-Old Who Has Strep Throat Was Given Aspirin for Fever.The

question 10

Multiple Choice

A 5-year-old who has strep throat was given aspirin for fever.The nurse knows to expect which change in the child's respiratory pattern?

• A) Hyperventilation to decrease serum levels of carbon dioxide
• B) Hypoventilation to compensate for metabolic alkalosis
• C) Flail chest to decrease the work of breathing
• D) Shallow respirations to decrease serum pH

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