Breathing: Ventilation Support - Patient Case of the Week
Try this free ventilation support patient case Q&A courtesy of Med-Challenger.Try this case and test your knowledge of ventilatory support.
You intubate a 23-year-old man for asthma.
He is unresponsive to standard treatment.
Question:
The preferred initial ventilator settings are 6 to 8 mL/kg/ideal body weight, a respiratory rate of 12 breaths/minute, and a positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) of what?
Answer Options:
0 to rarely 5 cm H2O
5 to 10 cm H2O
10 cm H2O
20 cm H2O
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