The nurse knows that respiratory disorders in children are sometimes attributed to anatomical and physiological differences from adults. Which statement is accurate?
a) Infants consume twice as much oxygen as adults.
b) Adults have twice as many alveoli as newborns.
c) The tongue is proportionately smaller in infants than in adults.
d) Hypoxemia occurs later in children than adults.
Answer: Infants consume twice as much oxygen as adults.
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