A patient suffering from a drug overdose is being mechanical…
A patient suffering from a drug overdose is being mechanically ventilated at the following settings: Mode A/C Flow 25 L/min FiO2 0.30 Rate 16/min Pressure limit 40 cm H20 Vt 600 mL The pressure alarm sounds often and wide fluctuations are noticed on the pressure manometer. The most appropriate action would be:
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You’re completing a vent check and patient assessement on your COPD with pneumonia. You auscultate expiratory wheezes bilaterally and diminished breath sounds in the lower lobes. Peak pressures are climbing and there’s a 150ml difference in your inspriatory and expiratory tidal volumes. Which waveform would you assess on the ventilator to confirm the current air trapping?
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