Part A: A patient with a pH of 7.42, pCO2=55 mm Hg, HCO3=29 mEq/L does not have an acid-base imbalance. (True or False)?  Part B:  A patient with a pH of 7.56 and is hyperventilating has a ____________ (Name the imbalance) and the hyperventilation is the __________ (cause of compensation) for the imbalance.

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Part A:

A patient with a pH of 7.42, pCO2=55 mm Hg, HCO3=29 mEq/L does not have an acid-base imbalance. (True or False)? 

Part B: 

A patient with a pH of 7.56 and is hyperventilating has a ____________ (Name the imbalance) and the hyperventilation is the __________ (cause of compensation) for the imbalance. 

Part C: 

A patient with a pH of 7.56 and is hypoventilating has a ____________ (Name the imbalance) and the hypoventilation is the __________ (cause of compensation) for the imbalance. 

 

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