Acid / Base Quiz

Question 1

Your patient ABG results are pH 7.25, CO2 55, HCO3 26. Which acid-base imbalance is your patient exhibiting?

Answer 1

Respiratory Acidosis

Question 2

The nurse is caring for a patient whose most recent ABG results reveal: pH 7.49, CO2, 29, HCO3 26. Which acid-base imbalance is the patient exhibiting, and which interventions/orders should the nurse anticipate to help manage this imbalance effectively?

Answer 2

Respiratory Alkalosis.
Administer a sedative and rebreather mask utilization

Question 3

Which specific type of medication reported as taken daily by an older client will cause a nurse to assess for indications of an acid-base imbalance?

Answer 3

Diuretics

Question 4

Your patient ABG results are pH 7.26, CO2 35, HCO3 18. Which acid-base imbalance is your patient exhibiting?

Answer 4

Metabolic Acidosis

Question 5

A patient’s most recent arterial blood gas (ABG) results are pH 7.60, CO2 32 mm Hg, HCO3 25 mEq/L;. Which acid-base imbalance are they experiencing and what is the correct intervention/order the nurse should anticipate?

Answer 5

Respiratory Alkalosis. Application of a rebreather oxygen mask.

Question 6

A patient’s most recent arterial blood gas (ABG) results are
pH 7.32, CO2 37 mm Hg, HCO3 20 mEq/L. Which acid-base imbalance are they experiencing and what is the correct associated cause? (DKA, Asthma, chest trauma or opioid overdose)

Answer 6

Metabolic Acidosis, DKA

Question 7

A client who is anxious and breathing rapidly is most likely to develop which acid-base imbalance?

Answer 7

Respiratory Alkalosis

Question 8

A patient with CNS depression, pulmonary edema or airway obstruction is most likely to experience which acid-base imbalance?

Answer 8

Respiratory acidosis

Question 9

Your patient ABG results are pH 7.24, CO2 54, HCO3 26. Which acid-base imbalance is your patient exhibiting?

Answer 9

Respiratory acidosis