A 28-Year-Old Man Is Admitted to the Emergency Department with Suspected

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Multiple Choice

A 28-year-old man is admitted to the emergency department with suspected drug overdose.The patient is obtunded and slightly cyanotic.The arterial blood gas results obtained while the patient was breathing room air were: pH 7.24;partial pressure of carbon dioxide (P_aCO₂) 58 mm Hg;partial pressure of oxygen (P_aO₂) 52 mm Hg;bicarbonate (HCO₃^-) 24 mEq/L.The most appropriate interpretation of these results is which of the following?

• A) Chronic respiratory failure
• B) Hypoxemic respiratory failure
• C) Hypercapnic respiratory failure
• D) Acute orchronic respiratory failure

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