Question 1
Oxygen delivery (DO2) to the tissues is the product of cardiac output and arterial oxygen content. Which variable contributes most to arterial oxygen content under normal physiological conditions?
Correct Answer:
Haemoglobin-bound oxygen (1.34 x Hb x SaO2)
Question 2
A patient has a PaO2 of 60 mmHg on room air at sea level with a PaCO2 of 60 mmHg. Using the alveolar gas equation, which mechanism best explains the hypoxaemia if the A-a gradient is normal?
Correct Answer:
Alveolar hypoventilation
Question 3
According to the Frank-Starling relationship, increasing left ventricular end-diastolic volume (preload) in a normal heart will:
Correct Answer:
Increase stroke volume
Question 4
A blood gas shows pH 7.28, PaCO2 30 mmHg, HCO3- 14 mmol/L. What is the primary acid-base disturbance?
Correct Answer:
Metabolic acidosis with respiratory compensation
Question 5
Which condition causes a high anion gap metabolic acidosis?
Correct Answer:
Diabetic ketoacidosis
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