The Calibration Gas for a Blood Gas Analyzer Contains 20

question 31

Multiple Choice

The calibration gas for a blood gas analyzer contains 20.1% O₂ and 4.99% CO₂.If the barometric pressure is 744 mm Hg,what is the partial pressure of gas used to calibrate the PCO₂ electrode?

• A) 149.5 mm Hg
• B) 140.0 mm Hg
• C) 37.1 mm Hg
• D) 34.8 mm Hg

Understand and apply the concept of a Poisson distribution, including its mean and variance properties.

Understand and calculate the expected value of transformed random variables.

Calculate the probability of specific events given a probability distribution.

Understand and apply the concept of covariance and correlation.

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