A Patient Needs to Have a Lower Mean Airway Pressure

question 31

Multiple Choice

A patient needs to have a lower mean airway pressure and improved oxygenation.The respiratory care practitioner should consider _________________

• A) SIMV.
• B) PRVC.
• C) automode with volume support ventilation.
• D) inverse ratio ventilation.

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Definitions:

Extraneous Factors

These are variables that affect the relationship between the independent and dependent variables but are not the variables of interest in the study.

Two-way ANOVA

Two-way ANOVA is a statistical test that analyzes the effect of two independent categorical variables on a dependent variable, allowing for the assessment of interactions between factors.

Treatments

In experimental design, refers to the different conditions applied to groups of subjects to observe their effects on some outcome.

Randomized Block Experiment

An experimental design in which subjects are divided into blocks or groups with similar characteristics before being randomly assigned to different treatments.