The patient with severely elevated intracranial pressure that has been well-controlled with medication and CSF drainage is intubated and sedated; the most recent arterial blood results are as follows: pH = 7.32, pCO2 = 35 mm Hg, PaO2 = 58, HCO3- = 16, Base excess = -7. The nurse advocates for which order to change ventilatory support?
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