Acute Renal Failure and a Resulting Metabolic Acidosis Develop in a Patient.The

Multiple Choice

Acute renal failure and a resulting metabolic acidosis develop in a patient.The nurse recognizes that the respiratory system compensates through which of the following processes?

A) Hypoventilation and increase of bicarbonate in the bloodstream
B) Alternating periods of deep versus shallow breaths to maintain homeostasis of the serum pH
C) Hyperventilation to decrease the serum carbon dioxide and thereby increase the pH
D) Expansion of the lung tissues to their fullest, which increases the inspiratory reserve volumes to provide more oxygen to the tissues