Help with my nursing diagnosis!!! Please!!

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Hi all! I get really confused with the nursing dianosis's. We must get the main diagnosis correct, but I am having a hard time. The patient suffered a pneumothorax, but the chest tube was taken out on day of assessment, only to be diagnosed with pneumonia. Patients Chem 7 results were low CO2 levels and his O2 sats were at 90. Respirations were 24, now how do I decide between Inneffective Breathing Pattern/Impaired Gas Exchange/Impaired Tissure Perfusion???? I get so lost...I can always r/t and come up with interventions but how to I best diagnose the main nursing diagnosis? Thanks for any help

Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

hypercapnea??? Hypercapnia or hypercapnea (from the Greek hyper = "above" and kapnos = "smoke"), also known as hypercarbia, is a condition where there is too much carbon dioxide (CO2) in the blood.

I am sure you mean hypocapnea. Hypocapnia or hypocapnea also known as hypocarbia, is a state of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood. "-pnea" actually means, "in the breath", not "in the blood". Hypocapnia usually results from deep or rapid breathing, known as hyperventilation. The body will hyperventilate to correct metabolic acidosis.

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