Uncontrolled maternal hyperventilation during labor results in:
a. Respiratory acidosis.
b. Metabolic acidosis.
c. Respiratory alkalosis.
d. Metabolic alkalosis.
C
Rapid, deep respirations cause the laboring woman to lose carbon dioxide through exhalation, resulting in respiratory alkalosis.
Hyperventilation does not cause respiratory acidosis, metabolic acidosis, or metabolic alka-losis.
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