A Patient Being Mechanically Ventilated Requires Increasing PEEP for Worsening

question 34

Multiple Choice

A patient being mechanically ventilated requires increasing PEEP for worsening ARDS. The order for PEEP is now at 20 cm of H₂O. The nurse will need to contact the physician immediately if the patient develops which of the following?

• A)lung sounds greater on one side than the other
• B)lung sounds with crackles
• C)diminished peripheral pulses
• D)high-pressure alarm

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Definitions:

Ganglion Cells

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Opponent-Process Theory

A theory of color perception that assumes that the visual system treats pairs of colors as opposing or antagonistic.

Ganglion Cells

Neurons located in the retina that receive visual information from photoreceptors via intermediate bipolar cells and transmit it to the brain.

Visual Cortex

The region of the cerebral cortex that processes visual information, located in the occipital lobe of the brain.