In an Effort to Determine a Patient's Need for Ventilatory

question 39

Multiple Choice

In an effort to determine a patient's need for ventilatory support, which of the following factors increase(s) ventilatory workload?
1) Decreased lung compliance
2) Decreased thoracic compliance
3) Increased airway resistance
4) Artificial airways

• A)1 only
• B)1 and 2 only
• C)1, 2, and 3 only
• D)1, 2, 3, and 4

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