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Question
A 52-year-old female client is admitted to the hospital in acute renal failure. She has been on hemodialysis for the past 2 years. Stat arterial blood gases are drawn on the client yielding the following results: pH 7.30, PCO2 51 mm Hg, HCO3, 18 mEq/L, PaO2, 84 mm Hg. The nurse would interpret these results as:
Options
- ACompensated metabolic alkalosis
- BRespiratory acidosis
- CPartially compensated metabolic alkalosis
- DCombined respiratory and metabolic acidosis
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