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A Patient Is Admitted for Evaluation of a Bowel Obstruction

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A patient is admitted for evaluation of a bowel obstruction and has a nasogastric tube placed to low intermittent suction. The physician orders arterial blood gases, and the following results are reported: pH7.37
PaCO233 mm Hg
PaO294 mm Hg
HCO319 mm Hg
SaO298%
What is the nurse's interpretation of these results?


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