A patient with an opiate drug overdose is unconscious and exhibits the following blood gas re-sults breathing room air: pH = 7.19; PCO2 = 89; HCO3– = 27; PO2 = 48. Which of the following best describes this patient's condition?
a. Chronic hypoxemic respiratory failure
b. Chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure
c. Acute hypoxemic respiratory failure
d. Acute hypercapnic respiratory failure
ANS: D
Hypercapnic respiratory failure ("pump failure," "ventilatory failure") is characterized by an ele-vated PaCO2, creating an uncompensated respiratory acidosis (whether acute or acute-on-chronic).
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