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The correct answer is Metabolic Acidosis:

This ABG represents a fully-compensated metabolic acidosis.

It is a metabolic acidosis, because the HCO3 matches the pH, and the pH is acidotic. There is compensation because the CO2 goes the opposite direction of the pH (it is alkalotic). The compensation is full because the pH gets back into the normal range.

 
 
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pH
7.36
CO2
32
pO2
44
SaO2
78%
HCO3
17

This ABG represents:

Respiratory acidosis

Respiratory alkalosis

Metabolic acidosis

Metabolic alkalosis


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