The following data are collected from a patient on volume-co…

The following data are collected from a patient on volume-controlled ventilation: Mode Assist-control Ventilator rate 10 breaths/min VT 600 mL Peak inspiratory pressure 45 cm H2O Plateau pressure 25 cm H2O PEEP 5 cm H2O On the basis of these data, this patient’s static lung compliance is which of the following? The following data are collected from a patient on volume-controlled ventilation:

As the therapist is making rounds in the CCU, Dr. Vicks asks…

As the therapist is making rounds in the CCU, Dr. Vicks asks the therapist to take some measurements from a Swan-Ganz catheter. The therapist should _________ the catheter ballon for the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure and _____ the ballon for the pulmonary artery pressure.