Review the chart and decide the best room for the patient.

  • Demographics
  • Chief complaint
  • Lab results
  • 52-years-old
    Female

  • Patient has had night sweats and weight loss for 2 weeks. New onset hemoptysis brought her to the hospital.

  • pH = 7.35 
    PaCO₂ = 47 mmHg 
    HCO₃¯ = 24 mEq/L 
    PaO₂ = 64
    Sodium 136 mEq/L
    Potassium 3.7 mEq/L
    Chloride 105 mEq/L
    CO2 24 mEq/L
    Sputum culture: pending
    Respiratory virus PCR multiplex: pending
    Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): pending
    White blood cell 30 x 10³/mcL
    Red blood cell count 4.2 million cells/mcL
    Hemoglobin 11.6 gm/dL
    Hematocrit 38%
    Mean corpuscular volume 88
    Platelets 155,000/mcL

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