The Airway Clearance Technique That Uses a Pneumatic Device to Deliver

question 20

Multiple Choice

The airway clearance technique that uses a pneumatic device to deliver compressed gas minibursts to the airway at rates above 100/min best describes which of the following?

• A) Intrapulmonary percussive ventilation
• B) Active cycle of breathing
• C) High-frequency external chest wall compression
• D) Intermittent positive-pressure breathing

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Definitions:

Spatial Equivalence

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Temporal Lobes

Regions of the cerebral cortex located on both sides of the brain, involved in processing auditory information and encoding memory.

Demand Characteristics

Aspects of an experimental setting that lead participants to guess the purpose of the study and adjust their behavior to what they believe the experiment expects.

Experimenter-Expectancy Effect

A bias in research outcomes where the researcher's expectations inadvertently influence the participants' performance.