Respiratory treatment recommendations

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Nellie Anderson, a sixty-five-year-old female was admitted this evening with pneumonia. She is on a regular floor unit. She is alert and oriented but somewhat sleepy, and wearing a 40% air entrainment mask. Pulse 90, BP 100/62, temperature 38.9c, respirations 17, shallow. Breath sounds are very decrease throughout. The patient has a forty pack-year smoking history. PH 7.25, PaCO2 77, PaO2 78, SaO2 93%, HCO3 33, FIO2 0.40, her hemoglobin 15.8, WBC 13000. The physician asks you for respiratory treatment recommendations. What would you suggest be ordered at this time?

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