CICM SAQ 2012.2 Q29


Questions

You are called to a Emergency Department to support in a government of a 45-year-old male with respiratory distress. He is a famous HIV studious with Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia and an allergy to sulphonamides.

On examination:

  • Temperature 38.8oC
  • Mucous membranes seem cyanotic Respiratory rate 35/min
  • Heart rate 125/min
  • Blood vigour 90/50 mmHg
  • SpO2 82% on 8L/min oxygen around Hudson mask

Initial arterial blood gas research (ABG) is as follows:

CICM SAQ 2012.2 Q29 fig 1

a) Interpret a ABG report.
b) What is a expected diagnosis?
c) Outline your government of this patient

Answers

a) Interpret a ABG report.

Answer and interpretation

b) What is a expected diagnosis?

Answer and interpretation

c) Outline your government of this patient

Answer and interpretation

Pass rate: 53%
Highest mark: 8.3

CICM Fellowship Short Answer Questions (SAQ)

 

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