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A young woman us found comatose, having taken an unknown number of sleeping pills at an unknown time before. An arterial blood sample yields the following values: pH 6.90, HCO3 – 13meq/litre, PaCO2 – 68mmHg. This patient’s acid-base status is most accurately described as
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