A 50-kg (110 pound) 30-year old female patient has Myasthenia Gravis. Bedside spirometry has found her VC to be 700mL and FIF -14cmH2O. Vital signs show a respiratory rate of 38 breaths/min, a heart rate of 140/minute, and blood pressure 130/90mmHg. What should the respiratory therapist recommend?

Clinical indications of impending acute ventilatory failure include: pH < 7.35FVC 45mmHgMEP >40cmH2O

A patient has just been diagnosed with Wegener’s granulomatosis. Her long-term prognosis is:

A 70 kg patient with ARDS is intubated and mechanically ventilated. The patient is on a continuous vecuronium infusion to maintain a twitch of “1”.  Peak inspiratory pressure is 50cm H2O, and the plateau pressure is 50cm H2O. The PaO2 is 60. the physician orders the following ventilator settings: assist control mode, rate 12/minute, tidal volume 700mL FiO2 1.00; PEEP 15. The therapist knows that:

The major pathologic or structural changes of the lungs associated with myasthenic crisis include: alveolar consolidationairway obstructionmucus accumulationhyperinflation

What is the most common pulmonary complication associated with system lupus erythrematosus (SLE)?

The diffusing capacity of a patient with coal worker’s pneumoconiosis or silicosis would be expected to be:

A 65 year old female patient presents with complaints of incontinence. It occurs when she is walking for exercise or doing jazzercise class. She has noted it with coughing or sneezing too. What type of incontinence best characterizes this?

          An autosomal dominant disorder involves the:

It is important for the clinician to ask the female patient about multiple sexual partners. It is known that multiple sexual partners increases patient risk for