Explain the clinical presentation of impending respiratory failure- physical exam and laboratory findings

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impending respiratory failure

person is close to being unable to breath well enough tto maintain normal o2/co2 levels 

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Pao2 will be

decreased

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pao2 =

parital pressure of o2 in the atrial blood

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paco2 will be

decreased

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paco2 =

parital pressure of carbon dioxide in atrial blood

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pao2 greater than 60 mmhg means

hypoxemic respiratory failure 

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hypoxemic respiratory failure 

lungs can get enough o2 in the blood

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Paco2 lower than 50 mmhg means

hypercapnic respiratory failure

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hypercapnic respiratory failure

lungs cant remove enough co2 so co2 builds up in the blood

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Check multiple ABG’s over time instead of just looking at one result example

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