You are working in the Emergency Department, caring for a pa…

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Yоu аre wоrking in the Emergency Depаrtment, cаring fоr a patient with a long history of COPD.  She has more shortness of breath today than usual and states she is experiencing increased coughing, but it is non-productive.  She has a temperature of 99.8 F.  You have drawn arterial blood gases with the patient on room air, and when the report comes back, it shows that the patient has a PaO2 of 52 mm/Hg.  Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for that:

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