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A Patient Receiving Control-Mode Continuous Mandatory Ventilation Has the Following

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A patient receiving control-mode continuous mandatory ventilation has the following ABGs on an FIO2 of 0.5: pH = 7.23; PCO2 = 61 mm Hg; HCO3- = 26 mm Hg. The current minute ventilation (VE) is 9.2 L/min. What new VE would you recommend?


A) 10.6 L/min
B) 14.0 L/min
C) 12.4 L/min
D) 5.8 L/min

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