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Document a focused history, physical exam, nursing diagnoses, and nursing process of a case study from NUR-641E: Advanced Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for Nurse Educators and compare the differences with a complete assessment.
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Running head: COUNTERING METABOLIC ALKALOSIS
Countering Metabolic Alkalosis
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COUNTERING METABOLIC ALKALOSIS
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Countering Metabolic Alkalosis
Anomaly of an individual body’s standard stability between acids and alkalis causes
deviation of plasma pH from the usual range of 7.35 to 7.45. Severity can have various levels,
some of which are life-threatening (Truchot, 2012). The progression that results in the
disturbance is classified according to the etiology of the imbalance, which can be respiratory or
metabolic, and the trend of the change in pH resulting in acidosis or alkalosis. The patient’s acidbase imbalance can be classified as metabolic alkalosis. This is because the patient’s plasma pH
is above the neutral meaning that the patient’s condition can only be metabolic or respiratory
alkalosis. To reach the conclusion that the patient is suffering from metabolic alkalosis, we
examine the level of carbon dioxide, which is buffered as bicarbonate. The specimen from the
patient shows the level of bicarbonate is higher than the normal level (Truchot, 2012).
Factors Causing Metabolic Alkalosis
The possible factors that led to this condition include; losing hydrogen ions through
vomiting. This happens when a patient vomits stomach substances containing hydrochloric acid.
Another factor is contraction alkalosis occurring due to liquid loss through dehydration. Decline
in the extracellular capacity stimulates the renin-aldosterone coordination, which consequently
triggers the retake of sodium as well a...