A Patient Is Being Ventilated with a PEEP of 10

question 10

Multiple Choice

A patient is being ventilated with a PEEP of 10 cm H₂O and an F_IO₂ of 0.4.The arterial blood gas results show that the patient remains hypoxemic,and the respiratory therapist increases the PEEP to 18 cm H₂O,maintaining the F_IO₂ at 0.4.The patient's static compliance changes from 28 mL/cm H₂O to 22 mL/cm H₂O just after this change.The respiratory therapist should do which of the following?

• A) Decrease PEEP to 10 cm H₂O and increase the F_IO₂ to 0.6.
• B) Decrease PEEP to 15 cm H₂O and measure static compliance.
• C) Keep PEEP at 18 cm H₂O and increase the F_IO₂ to 0.6.
• D) Increase PEEP to 20 cm H₂O and measure static compliance.

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