An arterial blood gas was done thirty minutes later with a pH of 7.25, CO2 of 43, O2 of 103, and a Bicarb of 18.9 on the above settings. The FiO2 was then lowered to 50%. Diverticuli will cause a blood gas to be metabolic instead of respiratory so knowing all the values of the gas are important. A chest x-ray was done and resulted in old granulomatous disease in both lungs, and plate like atelectasis in the right lower lobe, patchy infiltrates or atelectasis in the left lower lobe. The patient needed to be monitored since the atelectasis could produce a
An arterial blood gas was done thirty minutes later with a pH of 7.25, CO2 of 43, O2 of 103, and a Bicarb of 18.9 on the above settings. The FiO2 was then lowered to 50%. Diverticuli will cause a blood gas to be metabolic instead of respiratory so knowing all the values of the gas are important. A chest x-ray was done and resulted in old granulomatous disease in both lungs, and plate like atelectasis in the right lower lobe, patchy infiltrates or atelectasis in the left lower lobe. The patient needed to be monitored since the atelectasis could produce a