Respiratory Failure

Figure 1This 57-year old man, who has history of chronic obstructive airway disease complicated with cor pulmonale, who is still an active smoker, was intubated this morning in view of a progressive deteriorating respiratory failure type 2. Figure 1 shows the chest X-ray AFTER intubation, and Figure 2 is the chest X-ray PRIOR to intubation.Figure 2This was his ABG results just prior to