A VAI Patient with a TT Is Having a Trial

question 23

Multiple Choice

A VAI patient with a TT is having a trial of cuff deflation to allow for speech.The patient's voice is "weak," and he can speak only two or three words with each exhalation.The respiratory therapist could adjust which ventilator settings to improve the patient's speech?
1) Expiratory time
2) Inspiratory time
3) Volume
4) PEEP

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

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Definitions:

Between-Subjects Design

Participants are exposed to only one level of the independent variable

Independent Variable

In an experiment, the variable that is manipulated or changed by the researcher to observe its effect on the dependent variable.

Emphasis

Special importance, value, or prominence given to something.

Correlational Approach

A research method that examines the extent to which two variables are related, without inferring a cause-and-effect relationship.