Author Question: A physician orders bronchodilator drug therapy in combination with positive expiratory pressure ... (Read 42 times)

roselinechinyere27m · **on:** Jul 16, 2018

A physician orders bronchodilator drug therapy in combination with positive expiratory pressure (PEP). Which of the following methods could you use to provide this combined therapy?

1. Attach a dry powder inhaler in-line with the PEP apparatus.
2. Attach a metered dose inhaler to the system's one-way valve inlet.
3. Place a small volume nebulizer in-line with the PEP apparatus.
a. 2 and 3 only
b. 1 and 2 only
c. 1, 2, and 3
d. 1 and 3 only

Question 2

What is the movement of small volumes of air back and forth in the respiratory tract at high fre-quencies (12 to 25 Hz) called?

a. Tidal breathing
b. Active cycle breathing
c. Oscillation
d. Huffing

nmyers · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 16, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
As applied to airway clearance, oscillation refers to the rapid vibratory movement of small vol-umes of air back and forth in the respiratory tract.