How Much Patient Effort Is Needed to Trigger a Ventilator

question 28

Multiple Choice

How much patient effort is needed to trigger a ventilator breath when there is 8 cm H₂O of unintended positive end-expiratory pressure (auto-PEEP) and a pressure trigger setting of 2 cm H₂O?

• A) 2 cm H₂O
• B) 6 cm H₂O
• C) 8 cm H₂O
• D) 10 cm H₂O

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