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Exam E: - Answers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2017

Keith Davies ,
Christopher Gough ,
Emma King ,
Benjamin Plumb  and
Benjamin Walton
Keith Davies
Affiliation:
Severn Deanery, Bristol
Christopher Gough
Affiliation:
Severn Deanery, Bristol
Emma King
Affiliation:
Severn Deanery, Bristol
Benjamin Plumb
Affiliation:
Severn Deanery, Bristol
Benjamin Walton
Affiliation:
North Bristol NHS Trust
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Summary

A 24-year-old woman with normal lungs is breathing 60% oxygen via a face mask. On arterial blood gas analysis, her PaCO2 is 4.5 kPa.

Which of the following is the most likely value of the partial pressure of oxygen in her alveoli?

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Single Best Answer Questions for the Final FFICM , pp. 187 - 222
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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