[Verified Answer]: M.W

M.W. is a 52-year-old widow. He is very recently retired and lives alone. His only son moved out of state. He complains of shortness of breath and tingling in fingers. His breathing is shallow and rapid. He denies diabetes; blood sugar is 98. He has no significant respiratory or cardiac history. He cannot focus, has difficulty following directions, is diaphoretic. His H & P states he has had anxiety attacks before and takes several antianxiety medications. During work up to rule out cardiac complications, EKG showed no acute changes and ABGs are drawn: ABG results are: pH= 7.48 PaCO2= 28 HCO3= 22 PaO2= 85