A 25-yer-old female patient weighing 60 kg (132 lb) was mech…
A 25-yer-old female patient weighing 60 kg (132 lb) was mechanically ventilated after an accidental overdose of sleeping pills. She is now awake and alert and has been breathing on a T-piece for the past hour. Her vital signs and spirometry results follow: Heart rate 79 Blood pressure 122/80 mm Hg Respiratory rate 14 Vt 450 ml VC 2100 ml While the patient is breathing 30% O2, her ABG analysis show the following: pH 7.41 PaCO2 38 torr PaO2 115 torr HCO3- 24 mEq/L BE 0 mEq/L What should be recommended?
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