A 20-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department after being found unconscious by her roommate next to a bottle of diazepam. Her vitals are: temperature 98.6F, HR 66, RR 8, BP 125/75. Cardiopulmonary examination is unremarkable. Which of the following combinations of parameters is most likely in this patient?
↑ pH; ↑ pCO2; ↑ HCO3–
↑ pH; ↑ pCO2; ↓ HCO3–
↑ pH; ↑ pCO2; ↔ HCO3–
↑ pH; ↓ pCO2; ↑ HCO3–
↑ pH; ↓ pCO2; ↓ HCO3–
↑ pH; ↓ pCO2; ↔ HCO3–
↓ pH; ↑ pCO2; ↑ HCO3–
↓ pH; ↑ pCO2; ↓ HCO3–
↓ pH; ↑ pCO2; ↔ HCO3–
↓ pH; ↓ pCO2; ↑ HCO3–
↓ pH; ↓ pCO2; ↓ HCO3–
↓ pH; ↓ pCO2; ↔ HCO3–
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