An Asthmatic Patient Has Been Placed on a Mechanical Ventilator

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Essay

An asthmatic patient has been placed on a mechanical ventilator.The ventilating pressures have increased and wheezes are heard on auscultation over both lung fields.How can the practitioner assess improvement from aerosolized bronchodilator therapy?

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