If the Patient Is Being Ventilated Via a Mechanical Ventilator

question 67

Multiple Choice

If the patient is being ventilated via a mechanical ventilator via synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation with partial ventilatory support, what would probably happen to PaCO₂ if the patient suddenly had no spontaneous breathing?

• A)increase
• B)decrease
• C)stay the same
• D)change according to FIO₂

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Definitions:

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Ethnocultural Countertransferential Reactions

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