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QUESTION 41 1. A patient is admitted for a COPD exacerbation and placed on mechanical ventilation.
His settings are as follows: Fi02 of 40%, W of 1DUmL, SIMV of 12. His morning ABG reveals a
pH of 13?, paCOz of 51 mm Hg, path of 84 mm Hg and HC03 of 30 mm Hg. The AGACNP
knows that the appropriate response is to: I" A Leave the ventilator
settings as is r“ 3 Increase the SIMV to 16
b.p.m. r C Increase the Fit): to 50% i" D Repeat the A36 in one
hour