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Respiratory acidosis
🌬️Clients with COPD retain CO₂ due to poor gas exchange, which leads to respiratory acidosis.
🧪The excess carbon dioxide results in a decreased blood pH, causing acidemia.
😮💨This condition reflects inadequate ventilation and is a chronic complication of COPD.
🚫COPD does not typically result in metabolic alkalosis, metabolic acidosis, or respiratory alkalosis unless accompanied by other conditions.
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COPD leads to CO₂ retention, causing respiratory acidosis due to inadequate ventilation.
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