The Student Asks the Healthcare Professional to Explain How Pulmonary

question 40

Multiple Choice

The student asks the healthcare professional to explain how pulmonary edema and pulmonary fibrosis cause hypoxemia. What description by the professional is best?

• A)Creates alveolar dead space
• B)Decreases the oxygen in inspired gas
• C)Creates a right-to-left shunt
• D)Impairs alveolocapillary membrane diffusion

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