The mucoactive agent used as an irritant to induce a cough and hydrate airway surface fluid is
a. guaifenesin.
b. sodium bicarbonate.
c. albuterol.
d. hypertonic saline (7).
Question 2
While working in the surgical intensive care unit (ICU), you read in your patient's chart that the patient had received atropine before endotracheal intubation. A respiratory therapy student asks you why.
You explain it was given for the following reason:
a. It can add water content to respiratory secretions.
b. It prevents laryngospasm and decreases mucus secretions.
c. It breaks down DNA content in sputum.
d. It increases mucociliary beat frequency.
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A soil surface crust that includes nitrogen-fixing, soil-enriching cyanobacteria.
Animals and plants of the intertidal zone adhering to their rocky surface.
The Sun as it appears from the surface of Earth during the middle of the day
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