A physician will be sedating a patient for a procedure and asks a respiratory therapist to monitor the patient’s ventilation.   The therapist should select:

The following results are from a methacholine challenge: Step FEV1 Prechallenge 4.55 Diluent 4.49 0.0625 mg/ml 4.23 0.25 mg/ml 4.18 1 mg/ml 3.82 4 mg/ml 3.81 16 mg/ml 3.79 The results are consistent with:

Lateral decubitus radiograph is often used to help confirm the following:   

A severe COPD patient is on a 28% air entrainment mask and has a PaO2 of 61 mm Hg.  Which of the following should the respiratory therapist recommend at this time?

To obtain lavage fluid, the bronchoscope is wedged at which of the following locations? 

A 74-year-old female patient is admitted for management of community-acquired pneumonia.  The patient’s chest radiograph and CT scan show an RLL infiltrate with a nonloculated, significant pleural effusion on the right side.  Which of the following should the therapist anticipate?

What is considered to be the major problem with the use of CPAP in patients with OSA?

Toward the end of a nitrogen washout test for functional residual capacity, the expired concentration of N2 begins rising. What does this probably indicate?

The class Animal is _____ . Select ALL that apply.

Which of the following are mistakes found in the above code? Select ALL that apply.