Ms. Lo Han is a 32 year old female day care worker presents…
Ms. Lo Han is a 32 year old female day care worker presents to the ED with signs and symptoms of a bacterial pneumonia. She is tachycardic, tachypnic, slightly hypertensive and with an SpO2 of 90% on 2 L/NC and states that she has had a runny nose and wet non-productive cough for the past 12 hours. Upon auscultation, wheezes and diminished breath sounds are noted over the RLL. A sputum sample and a breathing treatment has been requested by the physician. Based on this information, which of the following would most likely be the cause of her hypoxemia?
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With regard to medication administration in the management of CHF, the administration of which of the following reduce afterload by decreasing the heart rate thereby improving LV stroke volume and cardiac output to improve tissue oxygenation by increasing DO2?
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You are a respiratory therapist assigned to the ED, a patient is admitted which is suspected to have pulmonary edema due to congestive heart failure. Which of the following findings would support your clinical assessment findings and rule out ARDS (non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema)? PICK ALL APPROPRIATE RESPONSES.
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