A 40-year-old male, foreign tourist, is referred to the ED for low level of consciousness, temperature of 37.7°C and dyspnea. He has no trauma. Several tests were performed. The most immediate is an ABE without oxygen, showing PH 7.33, PCO2 50, PO2 65, HCO3 27:
Actually, it can be all of them, but the most frequent cause of acute uncompensated respiratory acidosis in a young person is bronchopneumonia.
PET SCAN.
Lobar pneumonia.
EAP.
Alveolar hypoventilation.
Bronchopneumonia.
the most frequent cause of acute uncompensated respiratory acidosis in a young person is bronchopneumonia.