A nurse in a respiratory unit of a hospital is providing care for a client with end-stage lung disease. Consequently, measurement of the client's arterial blood gases indicates increased PCO2. Which of the following associated consequences would the nurse anticipate?
A) A shift to the left of the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve
B) Lower than normal production of HCO3
C) Higher than normal production of H+
D) An absence of carbaminohemoglobin
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