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audie

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Question 1

The student asks the healthcare professional to explain how pulmonary edema and pulmonary fibrosis cause hypoxemia. What description by the professional is best?

◦ Creates alveolar dead space
◦ Decreases the oxygen in inspired gas
◦ Creates a right-to-left shunt
◦ Impairs alveolocapillary membrane diffusion

Question 2

High altitudes may produce hypoxemia through which mechanism?

◦ Shunting
◦ Hypoventilation
◦ Decreased inspired oxygen
◦ Diffusion abnormalities


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Marked as best answer by audie on Aug 28, 2021

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audie

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Reply 2 on: Aug 28, 2021
Gracias!


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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