Blood Gas Analysis- Case Study

A 50 YR, OLD MALE PATIENT COMPLAINING OF HYPOXIA, FEVER AND COUGH WAS ADMITTED TO YOUR HOSPITAL. THE LABORATORY RESULTS WERE:

PCO2 = 60 mmHg

PO2 = 30 mmHg

SO % = 45 %

CBC:

HEMOGLOBIN = 11.5 mg/dL

HEMATOCRIT = .33 vol %

WBC = 12,500/cumm

DIFFERENTIAL COUNT:

NEUTROPHILS = 66 %

MONOCYTE = 8 %

EOSINOPHIL = 1 %

BASOPHIL = 0 %

LYMPHOCTES =25 %

FBS = 5.2 mmol/L

BUA = 10 mg/dL

BUN = 30 mg/dL

CREATININE = 5 mg/dL

TAG = 1 mg/dL

CHOLESTEROL = 140 mg/dL

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. WHAT IS THE pH OF BLOOD?
2. WHAT COULD BE THE POSSIBLE DIAGNOSIS OF THE PATIENT? DEFEND YOUR ANSWER.
3. ARE THERE ANY ABNORMAL VALUES IN THE LABORATORY RESULTS.
4. WHAT FURTHER TESTS WOULD YOU RECOMMEND?