Question

a patient is having respiratory acidosis, how would the body compensate for the acid-base imbalance?

Choose one of these options:

Decrease respiration rate

Increase reabsorption of bicarbonate by the kidney

Increase respiration rate

Decrease reabsorption of bicarbonate by the kidney

Answer 1

ANSWER . 2. INCREASING REABSORPTION OF BICARBONATE BY THE KIDNEY.

Respiratory acidosis is a disruption of the acid-base balance due to hypoventilation by alveolar.

Carbon dioxide development occurs rapidly, and ventilation failure promptly raises the arterial carbon dioxide (PaCO2) partial pressure.  For PaCO2 the normal reference range is 35-45 mm Hg.

An increased PaCO2 (i.e., hypercapnia) results in alveolar hypoventilation. In addition, the rise in PaCO2 reduces the bicarbonate (HCO3–)/PaCO2 ratio, decreasing the pH.

Respiratory acidosis is a condition in which ventilation failure and carbon dioxide accumulation typically occur. The primary disturbance of elevated arterial PCO2 is the reduced ratio of arterial bicarbonate to arterial PCO2, leading to a reduction in pH.