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The Oxygenation Status of a 29-Year-Old Postoperative Patient Shows: PaO2=

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The oxygenation status of a 29-year-old postoperative patient shows: PaO2= 58 mm Hg, SaO2 = 85%, Qs/Qt = 25%, PaO2/FIO2 = 105 mm Hg, FIO2 = 0.55. Based on these data, the therapist should recommend to the physician that weaning:


A) should begin because three of the measurements presented are within recommended thresholds.
B) should not begin because none of the measurements presented are within recommended thresholds.
C) should begin because all of the measurements presented are within recommended thresholds.
D) should not begin because only two of the five measurements presented are within recommended thresholds.

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