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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A patient with suspected narcotic overdose is brought to the ED by her husband and has no history of lung disease. The patient is unresponsive with a RR=6/minute, ABGs: pH 7.22, PaCO2 63 mmHg and PaO2 66 mmHg. Which of the following types of respiratory failure is present?
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