A patient with a traumatic head injury has been brought into the emergency department by airlift and intracranial pressure monitor has been placed the opening pressure with 15 but 30 minutes later the eating nurse notice it is now the nurse notifies the provider. He orders an arterial blood gas and asked to be notified of the patient’s carbon dioxide level. The carbon dioxide is 48 the provider orders to increase the patient respiratory rate on the ventilator. How does the nurse interpret hyperventilation and direct effect on endocrine no pressure
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