Multiple Choice
A patient with an opiate drug overdose is unconscious and exhibits the following blood gas results breathing room air: pH = 7.19; PCO2 = 89; HCO3- = 27; PO2 = 48. Which of the following best describes this patient's condition?
A) chronic hypoxemic respiratory failure
B) chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure
C) acute hypoxemic respiratory failure
D) acute hypercapnic respiratory failure
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