A Patient Receiving Pressure Controlled-Continuous Mandatory Ventilation (PC-CMV)has Initial Arterial

question 17

Multiple Choice

A patient receiving pressure controlled-continuous mandatory ventilation (PC-CMV) has initial arterial blood gas (ABG) findings as follows: PₐO₂ of 101 mm Hg,partial pressure of carbon dioxide in the arteries (PₐCO₂) of 60 mm Hg,and pH of 7.30.The respiratory therapist should:

• A) increase minute ventilation to this patient.
• B) decrease pressure setting.
• C) change the ventilation mode.
• D) increase the minute ventilation to this patient very gradually over the next several days.

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