A patient with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is admitted to the ICU.  The patient is placed on 24% air entrainment mask and has a pulmonary artery catheter inserted.   PVR  720 dynes PaO2  57 torr The physician orders an increase to 28% oxygen via air-entrainment mask, after the increase in O2, PVR 400 dynes PaO2 72 torr What would you recommend?

What hemodynamic value was the greatest indicator to direct you to your decision on protocol selection?

If a patient has a heart rate of 93 beats/min and stroke volume of 76 ml, what would the CO equal?

When baroreceptors located in the carotid sinuses and aortic arch are stimulated which of the following actions occur in the cardiovascular system?

The following data have been recorded for a patient receiving mechanical ventilation: CVP 5 mmHg PAP 27/9 mmHg PCWP 22 mmHg On the basis of this data, the patient most likely has

Calculate P/F ratio

The following values are obtained for a patient in the ICU being monitored with a flow-directed pulmonary artery catheter. Central venous pressure    9 mmHg Pulmonary artery pressure    48/25 mmHg Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure     8 mmHg Which of the following is the most likely conclusion?

Which of the following IS a possible limitation to Gram staining?  (various limitations/errors were discussed in the lab introduction) Pick the INCORRECT procedure/step as it was discussed in the lab activities.

Compare and contrast major structural (anatomical) differences between a plant and animal cells. Plants vs. Animal Cells Structure Plants Animals Cell membrane [1] [2] Cell wall [3] [4] Chloroplasts [5] [6] Central vacuole [7] [8] Flagella [9] [10] Nucleus [11] [12]        

14.   Which of the following sites is the safest for an intramuscular injection of an infant?