Help! I have a 60 year old female patient who was admitted with dehydration, renal failure, and hyperkalemia. Her ABGs is as follows. PH 7.315 L pCO2 81.5 H pO2 49.7 L HCO3 35.8 H Base Excess 13.7 H...
I wonder if her renal failure would cause the metabolic issues. It just seems that her kidneys are not excreting wastes as they should. Wouldn't this account for all the abnormal
I didn't actually get to see the patient. This was an assignment where I pre-planned with my "big sister" (2nd year RN student) I was just to interpret her lab values and do a med. sheet. Her K was...