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Suffer From Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. No Pulse And Respiration After Placing On Venturi Mask. Why? CPR Started
A patient was admitted to the hospital with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease . His PO2 was 55 and PCO2 was 65. A new resident orders 54% oxygen via the venturi mask . One hour later, after the oxygen was placed, the nurse finds the patient with no respiration or pulse. She calls for a Code Blue and begins cardiopulmonary resuscitation ( CPR ). Explain why the patient stopped breathing.
Wed, 6 Mar 2013
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I am Dr. Prasad Akole (Critical Care Expert- http://bit.ly/Dr-Prasad-Akole) and am glad to address to your query here.
The information given here is insufficient to make a guess of what exactly happened.
The cause for admission can be anything from respiratory infection, cardiac ischaemia, advanced COPD and type 2 respiratory failure, abolition of hypoxic drive of respiration and so on. The list is long..
The cause for cessation of respiration and heart can not be pinpointed with this little information.
Please talk to the treating doctor to know the reason.
Would be glad to help if you could give detailed description of all the symptoms here.
Thank you and Good luck!
I am Dr. Prasad Akole (Critical Care Expert- http://bit.ly/Dr-Prasad-Akole) and am glad to address to your query here.
The information given here is insufficient to make a guess of what exactly happened.
The cause for admission can be anything from respiratory infection, cardiac ischaemia, advanced COPD and type 2 respiratory failure, abolition of hypoxic drive of respiration and so on. The list is long..
The cause for cessation of respiration and heart can not be pinpointed with this little information.
Please talk to the treating doctor to know the reason.
Would be glad to help if you could give detailed description of all the symptoms here.
Thank you and Good luck!
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