Your Patient Who Is Orally Intubated and Receiving Mechanical Ventilation

question 16

Multiple Choice

Your patient who is orally intubated and receiving mechanical ventilation was just repositioned by the nursing staff following their bedsheets being changed. Suddenly, airway pressures and tidal volumes rapidly decrease. Which of the following explains this finding?

• A) Pneumothorax.
• B) A dislodged mucus plug is obstructing the endotracheal tube.
• C) Acute bronchospasm.
• D) Movement of the endotracheal tube.

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