NBRC TMC Practice Test 9

10 free NBRC TMC practice questions in the real exam format, covering the official content areas, with an explanation for every answer.

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Patient Data

A 70-year-old man in the ICU has blood drawn from a radial arterial line. His clinical condition, ventilator settings and vital signs are unchanged since the 06:00 sample, and there is no sign of bleeding. Which explanation for the 09:00 results is most likely?

Arterial samples from the radial line
TimepHPaCO2 (mm Hg)HCO3- (mEq/L)PaO2 (mm Hg)Hb (g/dL)
06:007.4139249012.6
09:007.492922888.4