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Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher
Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher
Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783 Exercise 16
A patient with a pH of 7.29 has metabolic acidosis.Which value is useful in determining whether the cause of the acidosis is an acid gain or a bicarbonate loss?
A) PaCO₂
B) Anion gap
C) Serum Na⁺ level
D) Bicarbonate level
A) PaCO₂
B) Anion gap
C) Serum Na⁺ level
D) Bicarbonate level
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B. Calculation of the anion gap by subtr...
Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher
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