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But Maya stared at the chart. “Look at the PaCO₂. 38. That’s low for a paralyzed patient. She’s breathing over the vent.”

Dr. Maya Shah, the senior fellow, rubbed her eyes and walked toward the nursing station. The chart on Bed 4 read: Female, 34, severe COVID-19 pneumonia, day 12 . Two words were underlined in red: clinical deterioration . abg tocil

They ran it to the blood gas analyzer. Two minutes later, the results printed: But Maya stared at the chart

“Yes. But look at her CRP and IL-6 from this morning. They’ve tripled.” Maya scrolled through the chart. “She’s not just fatigued. She’s in a cytokine storm.” That’s low for a paralyzed patient

Maya’s intern, Jake, was already there, holding a blood gas syringe. “Her saturations dropped to 82% on BiPAP. The team wants an ABG before deciding on intubation.”