The nurse, caring for a patient with hypovolemic shock, is primarily concerned that which change could occur in this patient's pulmonary gas exchange?
1. Insufficient distribution of oxygen
2. Buildup of electrolytes in the blood
3. Over-oxygenation
4. Oxygen delivery shift to osmosis
Answer: 1
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