Patient is brought to the Emergency room by ambulance. His laboratory results ( ABG result)shows that his PH exceeds 7.45.The nurse called the respiratory therapist who came and decided to make the patient breathe in into a brown paper bag or breathe in slowly. This method will be mostly helpful intervention for what?.
A.Respiratory alkalosis.( carbonic acid deficit)
B.Metabolic acidosis.
C.Respiratory alkalosis.
D.Metabolic alkalosis.
C Correct answer is A. Rationale: Breathing into a closed system or breathing slowly will cause the accumulation of carbon dioxide which lead to reverse the carbonic acid deficit.
PH < 7.35 is acidosis.
PH > 7.35 is alkalosis.
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