A Patient with a Flail Chest Is Experiencing Pendelluft

question 6

Multiple Choice

A patient with a flail chest is experiencing pendelluft. Which of the following would be expected in a patient with a flail chest with pendelluft?
1) Hypoventilation
2) Hypertension
3) Cyclical deeper and then more shallow breathing
4) Rebreathing dead-space gas

• A)1, 4
• B)1, 3
• C)2, 3, 4
• D)1, 3, 4

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