Shоrt respоnse: be аs аccurаte as pоssible 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
Shоrt respоnse: be аs аccurаte as pоssible in your response. G.B. is a 42-year-old executive who complains of intermittent nausea and abdominal pain for the past two months. He has recently noticed that his stools have appeared tarry and black. He states that he is under a great deal of stress at work. He has no other medical history. He takes no prescription medications, but has been taking between twenty and forty antacid tablets a day in an attempt to relieve his symptoms. His ABG results are shown below. How would you interpret them? PaO2: 95 pH: 7.44 PaCO2: 62 HCO3: 32