A client has a blood pH of 7.30 and is being treated with an infusion of sodium bicarbonate. The nurse should assess this client for a possible delayed reaction of increasing levels of which component in the blood?
a. Bicarbonate
b. Calcium
c. Carbon dioxide
d. Glucose
C
In acidosis, intravenous administration of sodium bicarbonate may have an immediate beneficial effect on pH. Eventually, however, blood levels of CO2 rise because HCO3 fuels the hydrolysis reaction in reverse.
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