Jake frowned. “So we intubate.”
PaCO₂ 68 PaO₂ 55 HCO₃ 24 Lactate 3.1 abg tocil
They ran it to the blood gas analyzer. Two minutes later, the results printed: Jake frowned
Jake checked. “She’s not triggering.” the senior fellow
Dr. Maya Shah, the senior fellow, rubbed her eyes and walked toward the nursing station. The chart on Bed 4 read: Female, 34, severe COVID-19 pneumonia, day 12 . Two words were underlined in red: clinical deterioration .