Breathing 100 O2, a patient has a PaO2PaO2 of 60 mm Hg. Based on ...

[faduma]

Breathing 100 O2, a patient has a PaO2PaO2 of 60 mm Hg. Based on this information, what might you conclude?
 
  a. The patient has severe hypoxemia.
  b. The patient has an excessive work of breathing.
  c. The patient has acceptable oxygenation.
  d. The patient has inadequate ventilation.

Question 2

You determine that an acutely ill patient can generate an MIP of 18 cm H2O. Based on this in-formation, what might you conclude?
 
  a. The patient has inadequate respiratory muscle strength.
  b. The patient has inadequate alveolar venti-lation.
  c. The patient has an excessive work of breathing.
  d. The patient has an unstable or irregular ventilatory drive.

[ultraflyy23]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A

[faduma]

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[chereeb]

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