You Are Monitoring Blood Pressure During Mechanical Ventilation of a Patient

question 1

Multiple Choice

You are monitoring blood pressure during mechanical ventilation of a patient with pneumonia. A temporary increase in blood pressure occurs when the patient coughs. This temporary spike in blood pressure represents what type of variability?

• A)artifact
• B)factitious event
• C)physiologic variation
• D)instrument drift

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Definitions:

Sensorineural Hearing Loss

A type of hearing loss resulting from damage to the inner ear (cochlea) or the nerve pathways from the inner ear to the brain.

Loudly

With a high volume or intensity of sound.

Middle Ear Infection

An infection located in the air-filled space behind the eardrum, commonly causing earache and sometimes fever.

Medications

Substances used to diagnose, treat, mitigate, cure, or prevent disease or promote health.