Dawn, a respiratory therapist, is caring for five patients at the hospital. Her notes listing who has which disorder got mixed up. Which patients most likely contain errors? Select three responses.Aiden is four years old and has cystic fibrosis.Michael is a former coal miner with byssinosis.Kiko has a bacterial infection causing her tuberculosis.Gerald is a former cotton picker with anthracosis.Parker has high blood carbon dioxide levels from her hyperventilation.

Byssinosis is caused by inhaling cotton dust, so it does not match Michael’s history as a coal miner; coal dust exposure is associated with coal workers’ pneumoconiosis. Anthracosis is caused by inhaling coal dust, not cotton dust, so Gerald’s history as a cotton picker does not fit. Hyperventilation increases carbon dioxide exhalation, which lowers blood carbon dioxide rather than raising it. Thus, the notes for Michael, Gerald, and Parker most likely contain errors.

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