A 17-Year-Old Man Is Brought into the Emergency Department

question 25

Multiple Choice

A 17-year-old man is brought into the emergency department. Vitals are as follows: pulse, 100 beats/min; respiratory rate, 4 breaths/min; and blood pressure, 100/65 mm Hg. The patient was at a party, where he was discovered by his friends to be slumped in a chair and unresponsive. ABG results are as follows: pH 7.29, PaCO₂ 68 mm Hg, HCO₃^- 29 mEq/L, BE + 1 mEq/L
The patient's acid-base status is classified as which of the following?

• A) Uncompensated respiratory acidosis
• B) Partially compensated respiratory acidosis
• C) Compensated respiratory alkalosis
• D) Uncompensated metabolic acidosis

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