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ss2343

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A 75-kg, 50-year-old male patient has Guillain-Barr syndrome. His most recent assessment indicates his VC is 900 mL and NIF is 16 cm H2O. What plan should the respiratory therapist recommend?
 
  a. Initiate EMG monitoring.
  b. Initiate continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP).
  c. Initiate mechanical ventilation.
  d. Reassess the patient each hour.

Question 2

Signs and symptoms associated with metastatic lung cancer include:
 
  1. fatigue.
  2. bone pain.
  3. seizures.
  4. weight loss.
  a. 1, 4
  b. 2, 3
  c. 1, 3, 4
  d. 1, 2, 3, 4


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carolinefletcherr

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Reply #1 on: Jul 16, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C
Mechanical ventilation should be initiated because the patient's VC and NIF indicate impending ventilatory failure.

Answer to Question 2

D
The symptoms from metastatic lung cancer vary depending on where the other tumors are growing but may include fatigue, bone pain, seizures, and weight loss.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 16, 2018
:D TYSM

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

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