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Read the Following Emergency Department Excerpt: "She Had Poor Circulation

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Read the following Emergency Department excerpt: "She had poor circulation, so she was given IVF and transfused with 2 units of blood. An ABG showed hypoxemia and hypercapnia, both of which improved on follow-up ABG after she was intubated. The pulmonology team was contacted who decided that a bronchoscopy should be performed." According to the excerpt, all of the following statements are true EXCEPT


A) A team that specializes in the lungs was contacted.
B) Her arterial blood gases revealed insufficient oxygen and excessive carbon dioxide.
C) The ABG was most likely administered in order to test her blood circulation.
D) The patient was given intravenous fluids and a blood transfusion.
E) The patient will undergo a procedure to look inside her bronchi.

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