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SGallaher96

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High-frequency oscillators control which of the following variables?
 
  a. Flow
  b. Time
  c. Volume
  d. Pressure

Question 2

The most commonly used patient-trigger variables include which of the following? 1. Flow 2. Time 3. Pressure 4. Volume
 
  a. 1 and 3 only
  b. 2 and 4 only
  c. 1 and 4 only
  d. 2 and 3 only



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
High-frequency oscillators control both inspiratory and expiratory time.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
The patient trigger variables are flow, pressure, and volume. Time is the ventilator trigger varia-ble. The most common of the three patient triggers are flow and pressure. Very few ventilators use volume as a patient trigger.





 

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