A 56 year old with recently diagnoses COPD presents with shortness of breath and wheeze. Blood gases reveal a PO2 of 8.6 kPa, PCO2 of 6.8 kPa, Ph of 7.25 and a bicarbonate of 24. What do these gases indicate?
These past paper exams do not show the answsers until the end of the exam. If you have
signed in then you will be able to stop at any question and return to the same point
when you next log in.
