Advantages of closed suctioning include which of the following?1. No need to prehyperoxygenate or posthyperoxygenate.2. No need to watch saturations during suctioning.3. Decreased risk of infection for caregiver and/or patient.4. No loss of PEEP during the procedure.
Read DetailsA male patient (83-kg IBW) is intubated and ventilated with PC-CMV, f = 12/min, set PIP = 28 cm H2O, resulting in a VT of 510 mL. The ABG results on this setting are: pH 7.35, PaCO2 45 mm Hg, and HCO3- 23 mEq/L. Forty-eight hours later on the same settings, the ABG results are: pH 7.54, PaCO2 27 mm Hg, and HCO3- 21 mEq/L with an exhaled VT of 900 mL. The most appropriate action at this time is which of the following?
Read Details(Please choose and answer ANY 5 questions out of 6; 2.1 points for each. You will receive 1 bonus point if you have correctly answered questions (1) through (6).) Consider the arguments below. If the argument is valid, identify its logical form. Otherwise, indicate whether the converse or inverse error is made. (1) If Ann has the flu, then Ann has a fever. Ann has a fever.
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