Short response: be as accurate as possible in your response….

Short response: be as accurate as possible in your response. D.K. is a 34-year-old chronic renal failure patient awaiting transplant. He was admitted to the hospital with right lower lobe pneumonia, malaise and severe anemia. His ABG results are shown below. How would you interpret them? PaO2: 89 pH: 7.22 PaCO2: 38 HCO3: 18

Short response: be as accurate as possible in your response….

Short response: be as accurate as possible in your response. O.C. is a 62-year-old male with emphysema. He has smoked cigarettes for over 40 years. He was admitted to ICU for severe SOB. While obtaining an admission history he comments that he is always short of breath, but that it became much worse about six hours ago. On his chart are the ABGs that were drawn on room air in the emergency department. How would you interpret them? PaO2: 82 pH: 7.36 PaCO2: 56 HCO3: 29