Which of the following treatments for lupus would aid in fighting infections and boosting the client's platelet and red blood cell counts?

Choice A reason: Nasogastric suction removes gastric acid (HCl), reducing hydrogen ions, raising pH, and causing metabolic alkalosis, a common post-surgical complication here.

Choice B reason: Panic attacks cause respiratory alkalosis from hyperventilation, lowering CO2, not metabolic alkalosis, which involves base excess, unrelated to this ABG.

Choice C reason: ESRD typically causes metabolic acidosis from acid retention, not alkalosis, as kidneys fail to excrete hydrogen, opposing this patient’s ABG findings.

Choice D reason: Epidural catheters manage pain with analgesics, not affecting acid-base balance or causing metabolic alkalosis, irrelevant to the ABG shift observed.

Choice A reason: Albumin and furosemide treat fluid shifts or edema, not acute diverticulitis, which requires bowel rest, not volume or protein correction initially.

Choice B reason: High fiber aids chronic diverticulosis, but in acute diverticulitis, it worsens inflammation; rest, not fiber, is needed during active infection.

Choice C reason: NPO and IV fluids rest the bowel, reducing inflammation and perforation risk in acute diverticulitis, while maintaining hydration, the standard approach.

Choice D reason: Barium enema risks perforation in acute diverticulitis due to inflamed diverticula; it’s contraindicated until inflammation subsides, not ordered acutely.