A post-op patient is admitted to ICU in respiratory distress…
A post-op patient is admitted to ICU in respiratory distress. He fell out of his deer stand onto his four-wheeler, suffering chest and abdominal trauma. He has increased work of breathing and you hear late fine crackles bibasilar with an SpO2 of 88% on RA. On a 50% air entrainment mask the patient’s PaO2 increases to 138 mmHg
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