6. A 41-year-old woman is receiving mechanical ventilation following adrug overdose. On the 5th day of her admission, she develops fever(39.0°C) and is found to have a bloodstream infection. The arterialblood gas that morning had an arterial Po2 of 72 mm Hg that wasunchanged compared to blood gas results from the preceding day.Which of the following physiologic changes would you expect?A. Decrease in carbon dioxide productionB. Decrease in the shunt fractionC. Increase in arterial oxygen concentrationD. Increase in the arterial oxygen saturationE. Increase in the P50 for hemoglobin

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