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Medicine Electrolyte Imbalance f11bc016

A man is found comatose in his room, having taken an unknown number of sleeping pills. An aerial blood sample yields the following values: pH 7.10, HCO3 - 12 meq/liter, PaCO2 66 mm Hg. This patient's acid - base status is most accurately described as:

A
Uncompensated metabolic acidosis
B
Uncompensated respiratory acidosis
C
Mixed respiratory and metabolic acidosis
D
Respiratory acidosis with paial renal compensation
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