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General Medicine General 21178a55

A child, known case of bronchial asthma, presents with respiratory distress with respiratory rate of 48/ min, can speak barely 2 words. Nebulized salbutamol was given and patient could speak a sentence but there was a fall in Sp02 from 95% to 85%. What could be the possible explanation?

A
Ventilation perfusion mismatch because of increased dead space ventilation
B
Intra-thoracic shunting
C
Due to salbutamol
D
Faulty pulse oximete

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