In the famous Glenn Douglas (or was it Michael Close?) film,…

In the famous Glenn Douglas (or was it Michael Close?) film, Natal Protraction, the antagonist Danielle Woods shrieked, “If he doesn’t love me, I’ll die! If I can’t have him as my lover, then no one else can either!”  In our discussion of Greek “love” styles, this most closely parallels:

A 72-year-old male with long history of chronic obstructive…

A 72-year-old male with long history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease enters the emergency department with bibasilar pneumonia.  The following data are rapidly accumulated:            FIO2        0.21                         RR 25    pH           7.24                         HR 108 PaCO2    80 mm Hg               BP 130/90 PaO2      42 mm Hg                Temp 101.2° F HCO3‾   34 BE         +5 What is the clinical assessment of this patient?  acute alveolar hyperventilation superimposed on chronic ventilatory failure  acute ventilatory failure superimposed on chronic ventilatory failure   chronic ventilatory failure  acute ventilatory failure