Which of the Following Accurately Describes Compensation for Acid-Base Disorders

question 66

Multiple Choice

Which of the following accurately describes compensation for acid-base disorders?

• A) Kidneys take hours to days to compensate for respiratory disorders.
• B) Lungs take hours to days to compensate for metabolic disorders.
• C) Renal compensation is always complete.
• D) Respiratory compensation is always complete.

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Definitions:

M/M/1

A queueing model notation representing a system with a single server, where arrivals follow a Poisson process, and service times are exponentially distributed.

Utilization

The ratio of the time that a resource is actually used to the time it is available for use, often measured to assess efficiency in operations.

μ

A symbol often used to represent the mean or average value of a set of numbers in statistics.