A client with chronic respiratory failure presents with a pH 7.28, PCO2 54 mm Hg, and HCO3– 25 mEq/L. The nurse recognizes this to indicate which finding?
A) Respiratory alkalosis
B) Metabolic alkalosis
C) Respiratory acidosis
D) Metabolic acidosis
C
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A pH of less than 7.35 indicates acidosis. With a high PCO2 and normal HCO3– indicates the lungs are the cause of the acidosis—respiratory acidosis. In metabolic acidosis, the PCO2 would be normal, but the HCO3– would be low.
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