An Asthmatic Patient in Severe Distress with Wheezing and Dyspnea

question 66

Multiple Choice

An asthmatic patient in severe distress with wheezing and dyspnea is admitted to the emergency department. After a conducting a full assessment and obtaining a pretreatment baseline, you start the patient on albuterol with a small-volume jet nebulizer. You should continue assessing and documenting all appropriate variables before and after each treatment until what point?

• A) The patient's symptoms are relieved or the peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR)/forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV_l) exceeds 70% of "personal best."
• B) The patient's wheezing disappears and the intensity of breath sounds decreases.
• C) The patient's symptoms are relieved or the PEFR/FEV_l returns to the predicted normal.
• D) The patient's SpO₂ is above 90% and the PEFR/FEV_l returns to the predicted normal.

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