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The Intensivist was called to evaluate a female patient in emergency department who was known to have advanced emphysema. She was getting oxygen through a nasal cannula at 6 L/min. The nurse says that she has become drowsy and less responsive since the oxygen was given to her an hour ago. Her ABG results on the oxygen show the following: PaO 2 , 84 mmHg, PaCO 2 , 65 mmHg and pH, 7.32.
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Bhattacharya, P.K., Bhattacharya, L. (2020). Oxygen Therapy. In: Chawla, R., Todi, S. (eds) ICU Protocols. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0898-1_16
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