Patient-ventilator asynchrony may occur if the  _____________ at which the ventilator cycles to exhalation does not coincide with the termination of neural inspiration.

A spontaneous breath is defined as a breath in which the patient initiates the breath, determines the inspiratory flow and tidal volume, and determines when the breath ends.

The low inspiratory pressure alarm is set at 5 cm below observed peak pressure.

What medication is installed into the vocal cords during bronchoscopy assisting?

On pressure time waveform, spontaneous breaths indicate inspiration above the baseline and expiration is traced below.

What is auto-peep?

In the management of ventilation, what parameters are key? Select all that may apply.

Calculate dynamic compliance. Must include correct units of measurement. Plateau 20 PIP 31 RR 18 1:3 Peep 8 Vt 425

What is the recommended Vd/Vt ratio threshold for weaning success?

Prone positioning provides more ventilation to the posterior lobes and better V/Q mismatching.