The patient is hyperventilating from anxiety and abdominal pain. Which assessment findings should the nurse attribute to respiratory alkalosis? (Select all that apply.)

A) Skin pale and cold
B) Tingling of fingertips
C) Heart rate of 102
D) Numbness around mouth
E) Cramping in feet

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Zybrea Knight · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : B, D, E, Explanation :  Hyperventilation is a risk factor for respiratory alkalosis. Respiratory alkalosis can cause perioral and digital paresthesias and pedal spasms. Pallor, cold skin, and tachycardia are characteristic of activation of the sympathetic nervous system, not respiratory alkalosis.

The patient is hyperventilating from anxiety and abdominal pain. Which assessment findings should the nurse attribute to respiratory alkalosis? (Select all that apply.)

A) Skin pale and cold
B) Tingling of fingertips
C) Heart rate of 102
D) Numbness around mouth
E) Cramping in feet

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The patient is hyperventilating from anxiety and abdominal pain. Which assessment findings should the nurse attribute to respiratory alkalosis? (Select all that apply.) A) Skin pale and coldB) Tingling of fingertipsC) Heart rate of 102D) Numbness around mouthE) Cramping in feet

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The patient is hyperventilating from anxiety and abdominal pain. Which assessment findings should the nurse attribute to respiratory alkalosis? (Select all that apply.)

A) Skin pale and cold
B) Tingling of fingertips
C) Heart rate of 102
D) Numbness around mouth
E) Cramping in feet