In a patient with bilateral pneumonia on pressure-control ventilation, the following parameters are recorded: Set rate 12 breaths/min, total rate 12, VE 8.6 L, FiO2 0.60, PIP 31 cm H2O, PEEP 10 cm H2O, pH 7.41, PaCO2 40 torr, PaO2 95 torr, SaO2 96%, HCO3- 23 mEq/L, BE +1 mEq/L, PAO2 370 torr. The respiratory therapist should report the A-aDO2 as:

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In a patient with bilateral pneumonia on pressure-control ventilation, the following parameters are recorded: Set rate 12 breaths/min, total rate 12, VE 8.6 L, FiO2 0.60, PIP 31 cm H2O, PEEP 10 cm H2O, pH 7.41, PaCO2 40 torr, PaO2 95 torr, SaO2 96%, HCO3- 23 mEq/L, BE +1 mEq/L, PAO2 370 torr. The respiratory therapist should report the A-aDO2 as:

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