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Patient in the ICU Test

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Strategies for reducing the risk for colonization and VAP include all of the following except ____.
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What is the upper limit for plateau airway pressure that is recommended during mechanical ventilation?
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Both physiological and technical factors can influence the accuracy of pulse oximetry measurements. These include all of the following except ____.
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More recent evidence demonstrates that the repeated opening and closing of lung units generates shear stress, with direct tissue injury at the alveolar and pulmonary capillary level as well as the loss of surfactant from these unstable lung units.
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In which of the following disorders would an increased VDS/VT ratio not be likely?
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Transcutaneous monitoring provides a noninvasive method of indirect measurement of the oxygen and carbon dioxide tensions at the skin surface.
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Prolonged alveolar over-distention from mechanical ventilation leads to the release of inflammatory mediators from the lungs that can cause failure of other organs of the body. This response has been termed ____.
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Although it is generally used to trend oxygen saturations in neonates, pulse oximetry is not used to prescribe oxygen therapy in neonates because most neonatologists prefer to base oxygen therapy decisions on PaO2 rather than oxygen saturation.
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What is the normal range for VDS/VT?
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Hypoxemic events in mechanically ventilated patients are most often associated with all of the following except ____.
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Transcutaneous oxygen electrodes are attached to the skin surface with a double-sided adhesive ring. The electrode is heated to ____.
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Which of the following is NOT a cause of increased airway resistance?
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What is the normal range for P(A-a.O2 in a healthy 30-year-old person breathing room air?
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A condition that can be accelerated by mechanical ventilation is ____. It can be detected by a hyperresonant percussion note and absence of breath sounds on the affected side of the thorax.
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In low-perfusion patients, what site would be best for monitoring SpO2?
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What is the average total work of breathing for healthy persons?
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A vital capacity (Vc. value below what value indicates significant muscle weakness?
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18.
Which of the following is NOT associated with a decreased end-tidal PCO2?
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You patient has a P(A-a.O2 of 200 mm Hg while breathing 100% oxygen. What is the estimated percentage shunt?
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20.
Which of the following breathing patterns suggests respiratory muscle decompensation?
A.
5 to 15 mm Hg
B.
True
C.
variations in patients' pulse rate
D.
Finger
E.
atelectrauma
F.
Increase in lung perfusion
G.
42° to 45° C
H.
10%
I.
Less than 30 cm H2O
J.
saline instillation into the ET tube during suctioning.
K.
pneumothorax
L.
0.3 to 0.5 J/L
M.
0.20 to 0.40
N.
10 to 15 ml/kg
O.
True
P.
Suctioning
Q.
Rapid and shallow breaths
R.
increased peak pressures
S.
Hypothalamus tumor
T.
biotrauma
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Mechanical ventilation is not benign and may cause lung injury. Treating patients with lung-protective strategies includes all of the following except ____.
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The correlation of PtcO2 and PaO2 (PtcO2/PaO2 index) has been shown to be good for both neonates and critically ill adult patients.
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It is generally considered important in mechanical ventilation of patients with ALI and/or ARDS to open alveoli with a recruitment maneuver and keep them open with an appropriate level of PEEP.
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Which of the following parameters is NOT used in calculating the Murray lung injury score of a patient with acute lung injury?
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Pulse oximeter saturations less than 80% should be confirmed with laboratory analysis of ABGs, including CO oximetry.
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What parameter is considered to be the most accurate and reliable measure of oxygenation efficiency?
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Capnometry describes the continuous display of carbon dioxide concentrations as a graphic waveform, whereas the term capnography suggests measurement of exhaled CO2 without a written record or waveform.
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The term ____, in general, is used when referring to lung injury occurring in humans that has been identified as a consequence of mechanical ventilation.
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Which of the following conditions is associated with an increased lung compliance measurement?
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____ occurs when an alveolus that is normally expanded is adjacent to one that is collapsed (atelectasis) and unstable. As airway pressure increases during inspiration, the normal alveolus inflates, but the collapsed unit does not.

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