CLINICAL SCENARIOS IN INTUBATION AND VENTILATION

     
   

 

     
      Clinical Scenario 7

A 59 year old woman is admitted for investigation of possible ovarian carcinoma, she has been complaining of shortness of breath for the past three weeks. You are called because she is now severely dyspneic – PCO2 60mmHg PO2 50mmHg.

 

       
   

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