A 4 yr old child is brought into the emergency room by her parents, who state that an abrupt high fever developed along with severe sore throat, dysphagia with drooling, and cough.  In the ER, the girl exhibits stridor, muffled voice without hoarseness, air hunger, and cyanosis.  She also has suprasternal, substernal, and intercostal retractions with nasal flaring, bradypnea, and dyspnea.  The child is sitting upright with her chin thrust forward and her neck hyper-extended in a tripod position.  What condition does the child likely have?

What strengths of Levalbuterol (Xoponex) are commonly given to adults?

Your patient is receiving aerosolized bronchodilators to treat her asthma.  What is the best way to determine if the medication is having a positive effect?

Which scoring system is used to estimate an infant’s gestational age?

Subglottic edema causing a “church steeple” appearance of the trachea on the frontal neck x-ray is characteristic of which infection?

Given a peak pressure of 50 cmH20, a plateau pressure of 35 cmH20, a PEEP of 5 cmH20, and a Vt of 850 mL, what is the static compliance?

The physician orders 40% oxygen for a patient with dyspnea and tachypnea.  Which of the following devices would you suggest for this patient?

ABG results were obtained on a patient in the ICU on a 2 L/m nasal cannula: pH 7.30  PaCO2 35 mmHg   PaO2  78 mmHg  HCO3 18 mEq/L Which of the following is the correct interpretation of the above ABG?

Below are the results of a PFT on a 58 year old male.                    % Predicted VC                        56% FRC                      54% FEE1                    62% RV                        60% FEV1/FVC            84% These results indicate which of the following?

How many hours will an H-cylinder of oxygen last if it has 1100 psi and is running at 8 lpm?