Following administration of oxygen, what additional therapy should the respiratory therapist recommend for a patient with decompression sickness?

A 2-year-old child with croup has been intubated for 4 days with a 4 mm ID uncuffed endotracheal tube. Heated aerosol at an FIO2 of 0.30 has been delivered to the patient. The physician asks the respiratory therapist to evaluate the patient for possible extubation. Which of the following would most likely indicate that the patient is ready for extubation?

Airways resistance (Raw) of 1.8 cm H2O/L/sec is measured for a patient receiving mechanical ventilation. The respiratory therapist should suspect that the patient may have

Which structure is responsible for moving an entire cell? (Learning Objective 15, page 10)

Which of the following would increase the rate of diffusion? (Learning Objective 10, page 9)

Which of the following is not part of a nucleic acid monomer? (Learning Objective 9, page 8)

What is the stimulus for a mechanoreceptor? (Learning Objective 7, page 30)

A mixture with particles that are large enough to scatter light but do not separate out over time is called a _________. (Learning Objective 21, page 6)

Which of the following passive processes requires a protein? (Learning Objective 9, page 9)

The distal portion of a muscle, which usually produces a movement at a joint, is called the _______. (Learning Objective 2, page 18)