Mr. Allen currently has PCWP of 26 mm Hg.  What should the respiratory therapist suspect this is the result of which of the following?

A 48-year-old man is brought to the emergency room after having collapsed in a restaurant.  Auscultation reveals fine rales in both bases and the electrocardiogram shows a right axis deviation with significant Q waves in leads I II and AVL.  The most likely diagnosis for this patient is:

A patient recovering postoperatively is receiving ventilation in the SIMV mode.  The patient has normal ABG levels with the use of 35% O2 but is still drowsy.  The respiratory therapist should recommend decreasing which of the following?

Which of the following conditions will result in the decrease of the static lung compliance?

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A capnometer calibrated on room air should have which of the following readings?

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The following data is collected on a  patient in the intensive care unit: CVP 1 mm Hg CI 1.9 L/min/m2 PCWP 3 mm Hg PAP 17/5 mm Hg (mean 9 mm Hg) This data is indicative of which of the following? 

You want to pass a suction catheter into the patient’s left lung to obtain a sputum specimen.  What is the most appropriate method of accomplishing this?