A patient is mildly hypoxemic. Which of the following signs would the respiratory therapist expect to find in this patient?
a. An increase in the patient's breathing rate and heart rate
b. A decrease in systemic blood pressure
c. Cardiac dysrhythmias on an EKG
d. Anemia
A
Clinically, the presence of mild hypoxemia generally stimulates the oxygen peripheral chemoreceptors to increase the patient's breathing rate and heart rate; consequently blood pressure may slightly increase, not decrease. Cardiac dysrhythmias would not be expected with mild hypoxemia. Anemia is unrelated to mild hypoxemia.
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