A Patient's Status Worsens and Needs Mechanical Ventilation

question 19

Multiple Choice

A patient's status worsens and needs mechanical ventilation.The pulmonologist wants the patient to receive 10 breaths/min from the ventilator but wants to encourage the patient to breathe spontaneously between the mechanical breaths at his own tidal volume.This mode of ventilation is called

• A) assist/control ventilation.
• B) controlled ventilation.
• C) intermittent mandatory ventilation.
• D) positive end-expiratory pressure.

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