TheAnswerPage/Hospital & Critical Care Medicine
Monday
03/15/2010
This week:
Scoliosis


A 56 year old woman with kyphoscoliosis with a Cobb angle of 110 degrees complains of daytime somnolence and morning headache. A sleep study reveals frequent desaturations throughout the night. A waking ABG reveals pH 7.35, PaCO2 55 mm Hg, and PaO2 60 mm Hg.

  1. What is the Cobb angle?
  2. What are predictors of hypercapnia in kyphoscoliosis?

 

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Specialty area:
Pulmonary

Category:
Clinical managment
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