A 19-Year-Old Male Is Reported to Have Taken Too Many

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A 19-year-old male is reported to have taken too many narcotic pain pills that were prescribed for his recent knee surgery.He is extremely sleepy with very shallow breathing.His color is pale and his SpO₂ reading is 84%.His body is probably attempting to compensate for his poor level of ventilatory effort by stimulating the respiratory system to increase rate and tidal volume.Normally,respiratory drive is triggered by changing levels of:

A) carbon dioxide.
B) oxygen.
C) pH.
D) glucose.