A 31-year-old white male patient with known type 1 diabetes mellitus, end-stage renal disease secondary to dial nephropathy, and a history of alcoholism was admitted with acute abdominal pain in the mid-epigastrium, with a b gas values of pH of 7.48, po2 of 121 mm Hg, O2 saturation of 99%, PCO2 of 30 mm Hg, and bicarbonate of 20 mE What is a possible compensatory mechanism? A. Decreasing H ion retention B. Increasing bicarbonate retention c. Increasing the respiratory rate D. Decreasing the respiratory rate
A 31-year-old white male patient with known type 1 diabetes mellitus, end-stage renal disease secondary to dial nephropathy, and a history of alcoholism was admitted with acute abdominal pain in the mid-epigastrium, with a b gas values of pH of 7.48, po2 of 121 mm Hg, O2 saturation of 99%, PCO2 of 30 mm Hg, and bicarbonate of 20 mE What is a possible compensatory mechanism? A. Decreasing H ion retention B. Increasing bicarbonate retention c. Increasing the respiratory rate D. Decreasing the respiratory rate
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![A 31-year-old white male patient with known type 1 diabetes mellitus, end-stage renal disease secondary to diabetic
nephropathy, and a history of alcoholism was admitted with acute abdominal pain in the mid-epigastrium, with a blood
gas values of pH of 7.48, poz of 121 mm Hg, 02 saturation of 99%, pCO2 of 30 mm Hg, and bicarbonate of 20 mE q/L.
What is a possible compensatory mechanism?
A. Decreasing H* ion retention
B. Increasing bicarbonate retention
C. Increasing the respiratory rate
D. Decreasing the respiratory rate](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F830dd9ad-a376-4f69-893d-60910a068f7d%2Fb6c8b85a-753d-4f30-8363-2f0cea5aba54%2Fqqd798e_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:A 31-year-old white male patient with known type 1 diabetes mellitus, end-stage renal disease secondary to diabetic
nephropathy, and a history of alcoholism was admitted with acute abdominal pain in the mid-epigastrium, with a blood
gas values of pH of 7.48, poz of 121 mm Hg, 02 saturation of 99%, pCO2 of 30 mm Hg, and bicarbonate of 20 mE q/L.
What is a possible compensatory mechanism?
A. Decreasing H* ion retention
B. Increasing bicarbonate retention
C. Increasing the respiratory rate
D. Decreasing the respiratory rate
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