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brutforce · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

The nurse is caring for a client who is being mechanically ventilated. For which potential complications should the nurse plan care for this client? (Select all that apply.)

1. Pneumothorax
2. Aspiration pneumonia
3. Reduced cardiac output
4. Gastrointestinal bleeding
5. Subcutaneous emphysema

Question 2

The nurse auscultates crackles at the bases of the lungs of a client with adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The nurse knows that these adventitious lung sounds are due to:

1. fluid in the alveoli.
2. constriction of the airways.
3. hyperinflated alveoli.
4. mucus in the airways.

strudel15 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: 1, 3, 4, 5

1. Mechanical ventilation can cause barotrauma. Pneumothorax may result.
2. Aspiration pneumonia is not an identified complication from mechanical ventilation.
3. Decreased cardiac output is a risk with mechanical ventilation.
4. GI bleeding is another potential complication of mechanical ventilation.
5. Mechanical ventilation can cause barotrauma. Subcutaneous emphysema may result.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: 1

1. Massive inflammation damages the alveolar capillary membranes, allowing plasma and blood cells to leak into the alveoli.
2. The adventitious lung sounds are not due to airway constriction.
3. The adventitious lung sounds are not due to hyperinflated alveoli.
4. The adventitious lung sounds are not due to mucus in the airway.