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A 76-year-old with COPD enters the hospital for a routine stress test. She has a barrel chest, digital clubbing, and appears cyanotic. She is using her accessory muscles of inspiration and is pursed-lip breathing. Auscultation reveals diminished breath sounds. The blood gas on room air results are as follows: pH: 7.37 PaC02: 76 HC03: 44 Pa02: 56  How would you interpret the results? 

Which perspective sees the type of technology a person has as a social indicator of wealth and status?

The United States is a totalitarian democracy.

If a patient is receiving an Fi02 of .60 on a day when the barometric pressure is 725 mm Hg, and the PaC02 is 50 mm Hg, what is the patient’s alveolar oxygen tension (PA02)? 

Who coined the term “Sociological Imagination”?

Match each statement with its correct growth environment.

When a liquid is heated at its boiling point, the

What is the normal P(A-a) 02 range while breathing room air? 

An alert 56-year-old man with a history of COPD presents in the emergency department complaining of dyspnea, which has worsened over the last few days. A blood gas is drawn on room air: pH 7.26 PaCO2 70 mm Hg PaO2 50 mm Hg HCO3 32 mEq/L Interpret the blood gas. 

A 17-year-old male presents in the ED in severe respiratory distress. The patient is well known by the hospital staff as he has a long history of asthma that has required multiple hospitalizations. He appears semi-conscious and cyanotic. Auscultation reveals bilateral wheezes. On a 2 L/min nasal cannula, here are the results of the arterial blood gas: pH: 6.97 PaC02: 103 HC03: 23 Pa02: 33 What should be the primary goal (s) for the respiratory therapist caring for this patient?  Select all that apply.