Mrs Burroughs Acid Base Balance Case Study

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Please answer the questions below based on the case study:Questions 1-6 pertain to the Acid Base case study.

1. Mrs. Burroughs is suffering from which of the following conditions?

a. Acidosis

b. Alkalosis

QUESTION 2

WHY DO YOU THINK THIS? WHAT INFORMATION MADE YOU ANSWER THE WAY YOU DID IN QUESTION 1

QUESTION 3

WHAT ELSE DO YOU THINK YOU WILL NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MRS. BURROUGHS?

QUESTION 4

SHOULD YOU AND THE FAMILY BE CONCERNED ABOUT ANYTHING THAT MRS. BURROUGHS TAKES THAT IS NOT A PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE? WHY OR WHY NOT?

QUESTION 5

COULD ANY OF MRS. BURROUGHS’ CURRENT PROBLEMS BE RELATED TO THE DRUGS (OVER-THE-COUNTER OR PRESCRIPTION) SHE HAS BEEN TAKING? DESCRIBE WHY YOU THINK THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP.

QUESTION 6

WHAT KIND OF CHANGE (IF ANY) DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE IN THE RESPIRATIONS OF A PERSON WITH MRS. BURROUGHS’ CONDITION?

A. HYPERVENTILATION

B. HYPOVENTILATION

c. Normal respirations

QUESTION 7

A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL COMPLAINED OF ABDOMINAL PAIN. HER MOTHER NOTED THAT HER FACE, ABDOMEN AND LEGS WERE VERY SWOLLEN. HER URINE CONTAINED LARGE AMOUNTS OF PROTEIN AND HER SERUM PROTEIN AND ALBUMIN LEVELS WERE BOTH WELL BELOW NORMAL. TAKING ALL THIS INFORMATION INTO ACCOUNT, WHAT CONDITION IS THIS INDIVIDUAL SUFFERING FROM?

QUESTION 8

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING URINARY SYSTEM DISORDERS IS THE RESULT OF CIRCULATING ANTIBODY/ANTIGEN COMPLEXES

A. PYELONEPHRITIN

B. GLOMERULONEPHRITIS

C. CYSTITIS

d. Urinary tract infection