The nurse is reviewing the exchange of gases in the blood stream with a patient prescribed oxygen therapy. How should the nurse explain the transport of carbon dioxide in the blood?
a. As CO2 in plasma
b. As bicarbonate ions in plasma
c. As hydrogen ions in red blood cells
d. As part of hemoglobin in red blood cells
ANS: B
Most carbon dioxide is carried in the blood in the form of bicarbonate ions in the plasma. A. C. Hydrogen ions do not transport CO2, and it is not carried in plasma as CO2. D. Hemoglobin carries oxygen.
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