ABGs
pH 7.36, PaCO2 58 mmHg, HCO3 30 mEq/L
What is compensated respiratory acidosis?
Bilevel-positive airway pressure.
What is BiPap?
Clubbing of the fingernails.
What results from chronic hypoxia?
You assess a patient with a PICC line and not redness around the line and the patient has a fever. Next steps are...
What is take out the catheter and culture the tip?
pH 7.20 PaCO2- 25 mm Hg HCO3- 15 mEq/L
What is partially compensated metabolic acidosis?
You notice excessive bubbling in a chest tube drainage system. Your first action.
What is notify a provider?
Lab measurement that best reflects alveolar ventilation.
What is the PaCO2?
Most common underlying cause of ARDS.
What is sepsis?
pH 7.44 PaCO2- 54 mm Hg HCO3- 36 mEq/L
What is fully compensated metabolic alkalosis?
A decrease of this substance in a blood gas analysis would indicate hypoxemia.
What is PaO2?
This is traditionally inserted after a patient has been intubated for a long period of time.
What is a tracheostomy tube?
Lung sounds you would auscultate with pulmonary edema.
What is crackles in the lung bases?
What patient requires fast action by the medical team?1: pH 7.28, PaCO2 50 mm Hg, and PaO2 58 mm Hg
2:pH 7.31, PaCO2 58 mm Hg, and PaO2 64 mm Hg
Who is patient number 1?
Place a sterile dressing over the site, tape it on three sides and notify the physician.
What are steps to take if a chest tube is dislodged?
Setting on a vent that prevents the alveoli from collapsing during exhalation.
What is the PEEP?
Long trips, major surgery, certain medications.
What are causes of a PE?
Patient labs are as follows: pH 7.23, PaCO2 40, HCO3 18. Name one treatment you anticipate for this patient.
What is administer sodium bicarb?
Decreased respiratory rate and depth to retain CO2 and kidney excretion of bicarbonate.
What is the compensatory mechanism for metabolic alkalosis?
You have a patient whose O2 saturation is 96% on 15L High flow NC. His ABG results are pH 7.26, PaCO2 80, and HCO3 30. Your nursing intervention is...
What is decrease the flow of oxygen?
A patient with ARDS has an oxygen saturation of 87% on 78% FiO2 with clear lung sounds. (Think patho)
What is when edema is in the interstitial tissues and not the airways?