In assessing a new adult admission to ICU, you note a spontaneous respiratory rate of 38/minute. The most likely cause of this observation is:

A. therapeutic hypothermia
B. CNS depression
C. metabolic acidosis
D. decreased CO2 production

Answer: C. metabolic acidosis

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A healthy individual has his blood drawn as a part of a routine physical. The laboratician performing the differential notes a neutrophil with a nucleus that appears dumbbell shaped

After scanning the entire slide, it appears that the vast majority of neutrophils have the same nuclei. All other leukocytes appear normal. The conclusion from this is that the patient has: a. May-Hegglin anomaly b. Hypersegmented neutrophils c. Pelger-Huët anomaly d. Alder-Reilly anomaly

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