Hyperventilation Should Generally Be Avoided During Mechanical Ventilatory Support

question 31

Multiple Choice

Hyperventilation should generally be avoided during mechanical ventilatory support. Exceptions to this rule include:
1) Trying to calm an agitated patient.
2) Failure of other methods to reduce intracranial pressure.
3) Hypokalemia causing cardiac arrhythmias.

• A)2 and 3 only
• B)1 and 3 only
• C)2 only
• D)1 and 2 only

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Definitions:

Haploid Gamete

A reproductive cell, such as a sperm or egg, that contains a single set of chromosomes and thus only one allele for genetic traits.

Prophase I

The first phase of meiosis I, where chromosomes condense, pair up, and exchange segments in a process called crossing-over.

Tetrads

Groups of four chromatids formed by the pairing of two homologous chromosomes during meiosis.

M Phase

That part of the cell cycle in which mitosis and cytokinesis occur.