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A humidifier used with a mechanical ventilator should deliver a minimum of how much humidi-ty?
 
  a. 10 mg H2O/L at 35-37 C
  b. 20 mg H2O/L at 31-35 C
  c. 30 mg H2O/L at 31-35 C
  d. 47 mg H2O/L at 35-37 C

Question 2

A patient receiving 60 oxygen from an air entrainment mask has a partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) of 45 mm Hg.
 
  The patient is being intubated and the ventilator set up. What is the appropriate fractional in-spired oxygen (FIO2) to achieve a PaO2 of 60 mm Hg?
  a. 0.65
  b. 0.75
  c. 0.8
  d. 0.95



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
The humidification system used during mechanical ventilation should provide at least 30 mg H2O/L of absolute humidity at a range of about 31-35 C for all available flows up to 20-30 L/min.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C





 

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