Ctrl Alt Del -“Nu? So a partially compensated resp acidosis.”
Sorry; you are wrong. I got this problem out of a book.
Answer:
“pH is too low – acidosis; PCO2 is too high, would cause acidosis or correct alkalosis; HCO3- is normal, neither causing nor correcting imbalance
high PCO2 is correllated with low pH, which is consistent with patient’s report
because PCO2 is causing the problem, this is respiratory acidosis; because bicarbonate is normal, there is no compensation
possible cause: cardiac arrest”