Among intubated patients, we can often control the pO2, pCO2, and pH. Sounds great. Unfortunately, we also have no idea which numbers we should be targeting. Should we target a normal pH, or permissive hypercapnia? Should we shoot for a normoxia, try to maximize the oxygen delivery (hyperoxia), or allow for permissive hypoxemia? Nobody knows. We check ABGs and tweak the ventilator, but it's often dubious whether this helps our patients.
EMCrit by Josh Farkas.
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