For which patients do baseline arterial blood gas levels (abgs) reveal compensated respiratory alkalosis and hypocapnia?

For Obstetric patients baseline arterial blood gas levels (abgs) reveal compensated respiratory alkalosis and hypocapnia. the correct answer is option(a).

Obstetricians deliver infants and care for pregnant women. A gynaecologist is an expert in the female reproductive system; she does not treat pregnant patients or assist in childbirth. These two branches of medicine are frequently combined by healthcare professionals. Ob/Gyn, or obstetrics and gynaecology, is the term for this.

In obstetric patients, compensated respiratory alkalosis and hypocapnia are common. Pregnancy typically causes an increase in respiratory rate. There is a greater carbon dioxide exhalation as a result of the faster respiratory rate. Alkalosis is the result of a dip in carbonic acid caused by the reduced carbon dioxide level. The body substitutes bicarbonate with hydrogen ions for carbonic acid as a compensatory strategy. The body successfully restores the pH in a fully compensated blood gas anomaly. Unless a disease manifests, patients in the geriatric, pediatric, and middle-aged adult populations have normal ABG levels.