Your 20-year-old female patient has the following laboratory values: arterial blood pH 7.50; HCO3- 40 mEq/L; PCO2 51 mmHg. What is the acid-base status of this patient?
A) Partially compensated metabolic alkalosis
B) Partially compensated metabolic acidosis
C) Partially compensated respiratory alkalosis
D) Partially compensated respiratory acidosis
E) Uncompensated respiratory alkalosis
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