The nurse recognizes that the patient on which mode of mechanical ventilation is at greatest risk for developing respiratory alkalosis?

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Assist-control ventilation can lead to respiratory alkalosis because the ventilator delivers a set number of breaths at a set tidal volume, and the patient can also initiate additional breaths at the set tidal volume. If the patient initiates many additional breaths, this can lead to hyperventilation and subsequently respiratory alkalosis.

The Nurse Recognizes That the Patient on Which Mode of Mechanical