A Patient with Severe Chronic Respiratory Illness Suddenly Develops a High

Multiple Choice

A patient with severe chronic respiratory illness suddenly develops a high fever.The nurse would plan care for this patient based on which understanding of the fever's impact on the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Select all that apply.

A) The curve will shift to the right.
B) Additional oxygen will be released to the tissues.
C) Life-threatening tissue hypoxia may occur.
D) The change will be similar to what occurs with alkalosis.
E) Hemoglobin will bind more readily to oxygen.