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In Monitoring a Patient with Increased Intracranial Pressure (ICP) Who

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In monitoring a patient with increased intracranial pressure (ICP) who is mechanically ventilated, the nurse correlates which arterial blood gas value to effective management of the increased ICP?


A) pH 7.32
B) PaCO2 32 mm Hg
C) PaO2 85 mm Hg
D) HCO3- 22 mEq/L

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