A Patient Has an Adequate Ventilatory Reserve If Which of the Following

question 50

Multiple Choice

A patient has an adequate ventilatory reserve if which of the following is true?

• A) Ability to double the resting minute ventilation
• B) Normal PaCO₂ and minute ventilation less than 10 L/min
• C) MIP = -55 cm H₂O
• D) V_D/V_T less than 0.4

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