A 2 y/o boy was brought in by his mom that her son is exhibiting SOB with coughing. She stated that he was just playing in his room when he started to exhibit symptoms. Current vitals are as follows: Pulse rate – 110 bpm RR – 35 breaths/min SpO2 – 91% Temp. – 37 degrees celsius Breathsounds – Stridor What should the respiratory therapist suspect?

A 5 year old boy on CMV needs endotracheal suctioning. What suction pressure should the therapist set the suction dev ice to?

14 year old girl is on CPAP of 10 cm H2O at an FIO2 of 80% . She looks lethargic and breathing at a rate of 12 breaths/min. The following is an ABG analysis on the current therapy:   pH – 7.23 PaCO2 – 65 mmHg PaO2 – 45 mmHg HCO3 – 25 mEq/L   What is recommended at this time?

A 5 y/o child is now going home from the hospital after being admitted for status asthmaticus. The physician ordered a PRN Albuterol for him. How should this be delivered if they have an asthma exacerbation at school?

A patient is currently on mechanical ventilation with the following information: Settings Hemodynamics Mode – A/C   CVP – 5 mmHg Rate – 10    PAP – 28 mmHg Pressure – 25 cm H2O  PCWP – 10 mmHg FIO2 – 0.80    QT – 7 L/min PEEP – 5 cm H2O   Tot Rate – 10   Ex. VT – 400 ml   Find the V/Q ratio and R/O the possibility:

A 3 year old patient with history of shortness of breath and retained secretions has two consecutive sweat chloride test results of 90 and 95 mEq/L. This patient has been diagnosed for:

The doppler waveform of the splenic artery is high resistance.

The primary function of the spleen is:

The spleen is seen sonographically as homogenous with low-level echoes.

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