A respiratory therapist is evaluating a chest radiograph of…
A respiratory therapist is evaluating a chest radiograph of a patient taken 2 days after being admitted for significant respiratory distress and right middle lobe pneumonia with not causative organism identified. The patient has not improved. What imaging study should the therapist suggest to evaluate the patient’s condition?
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A 1-month-old prematurely born baby boy with a diagnosis of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) pneumonia is receiving PC-CMV. The patient’s initial measured VT was about 5 mL/kg with a respiratory rate of 40 to 60 breaths/min, the SpO2 was 95% on an FIO2 of 0.3, and was 0.28 L. Over several hours, VT diminishes to about 2 to 3 mL/kg and the respiratory rate increases to over 100 breaths/min. The SpO2 decreases to about 92%, but the remains unchanged. What change in ventilator settings is necessary for this patient?
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