Volume Ventilation Is Causing High Pressures for a Patient with ARDS.The

question 8

Multiple Choice

Volume ventilation is causing high pressures for a patient with ARDS.The practitioner would like to use a pressure mode but is concerned about the changing compliance.Which of the following should be considered for this purpose?

• A) SIMV
• B) PRVC
• C) Automode with volume support ventilation
• D) Inverse ratio ventilation

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Definitions:

Forecast Accuracy

The degree to which forecasted values approach the actual realized values.

Mean Absolute Deviation

The average of the absolute differences between each value in a set of values and the mean of the set, used to quantify variability.

Sum of Squares

A statistical technique used to describe the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data points.

Mean Absolute Deviation

The mean absolute deviation is a measure of dispersion in a dataset, calculated as the average of the absolute differences between each data point and the dataset's mean.