What Changes in Breathing Patterns Do Patients with Obstructive Pulmonary

question 3

Multiple Choice

What changes in breathing patterns do patients with obstructive pulmonary disorders with increased Rₐw and increased time constants typically adopt?

• A) They decrease their respiratory rate and increase their tidal volume
• B) The decrease their respiratory rate and tidal volume
• C) They increase their respiratory rate and tidal volume
• D) They increase their respiratory rate and decrease their tidal volume

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Sample Size

The number of observations or units selected from a population for the purpose of statistical analysis.

Population Standard Deviation

A measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values in a population.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, most commonly of the mean, used to estimate the accuracy of sample mean as an approximation of the population mean.

Sample Size

The number of observations or data points used in a statistical sample from a larger population.