While Working in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (ICU),you Read

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Multiple Choice

While working in the surgical intensive care unit (ICU) ,you read in your patient's chart that the patient had received atropine before endotracheal intubation.A respiratory therapy student asks you why.You explain it was given for the following reason:

• A)It can add water content to respiratory secretions.
• B)It prevents laryngospasm and decreases mucus secretions.
• C)It breaks down DNA content in sputum.
• D)It increases mucociliary beat frequency.

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