A respiratory therapist is reviewing the medical record of a…

A respiratory therapist is reviewing the medical record of a preterm infant born at 30 weeks’ gestation presenting with respiratory distress. The chest radiograph (CXR) shows a ground-glass appearance of the lungs. The following data are available: Heart rate: 130 beats/minute Respiratory rate: 72 breaths/minute FIO2: 0.60 by nasal cannula at 1 L/minute Arterial blood gases are as follows: pH: 7.28 pCO2: 50 mm Hg pO2: 56 mm Hg SpO2: 88% HCO3: 22.7 mEq/L BE: –3.2. Which of the following should the respiratory therapist do?

Veno-venous (VV) ECMO depends on the patient’s illness and s…

Veno-venous (VV) ECMO depends on the patient’s illness and situation. VV ECMO can provide all of the following. A. Provides short-term mechanical circulatory support in varied acute life-threatening conditions  B. Provides proper and effective body tissue oxygenation in cases of respiratory failure such as ARDS  C. Bypasses the failing lungs  D. Provides circulatory and hemodynamic support in cases of cardiac failure like in post-myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock.