Quizzes

  • A 65-year-old patient with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is on pressure support ventilation (PSV) mode. He presents respiratory distress, using the accessory muscles of breathing and showing asynchrony with the ventilator. Which adjustment would be advisable,...

  • A 45 year old male patient is on mechanical ventilation. He is in the resolution phase of ARDS. Sedation was stopped one hour ago and he is in the AC­-VCV mode. The on-call physician sees the following...