What are the possible causes of increased end-tidal CO2? (Select 2.)

In pressure support ventilation, a pressure-support level (in cm H20) of at least what value is usually started at and adjusted based on tidal volume and end-tidal carbon dioxide.

What airway complication presents with retractions and a seesaw motion of the chest and abdomen?

In what situations should jet ventilation be avoided? (Select 2.)

What disease process is represented by the third or last flow-volume loop? 

What law represents the relationship of gas flow (Q) directly to the pressure gradient (ΔP) and identifies an inverse relationship to the resistance (R) of the system?

Inverse ratio ventilation is contraindicated in what respiratory disease process?

What mode of ventilation delivers a set tidal volume and has variable peak inspiratory pressures with each breath?

In volume-control ventilation, what two factors determine the peak inspiratory pressure? (Select 2.)

What physiological parameter should the patient’s respiratory rate be titrated to?