Abg Tocil May 2026

Jake smiled. “It worked.”

They intubated Letitia smoothly. Post-intubation ABG: pH 7.33, PaCO₂ 45, PaO₂ 78. Better. abg tocil

It was 3:17 AM in the Medical ICU when the pagers went off. “Bed 4, ABG in 20.” Jake smiled

Four hours later, the tocilizumab infusion finished. Maya ordered the 6-hour ABG. ABG in 20.” Four hours later

Maya nodded, palpating the patient’s radial artery. The woman—Letitia—was tachypneic, using accessory muscles, her eyes wide with air hunger. Maya inserted the needle, and dark red blood filled the heparinized syringe. Whew. One pass.

“Respiratory acidosis. Acute on chronic? No—HCO₃ is normal. This is acute hypercapnic failure. Her muscles are exhausted,” Maya said.

Jake frowned. “So we intubate.”