Author: Anonymous

Compared to adults, the extrathoracic dead space in children is:

An infant born at 33 weeks gestation is receiving supplemental oxygen at 28% by incubator. To facilitate kangaroo care, which of the following oxygen delivery devices should the respiratory therapist recommend?

A respiratory therapist is delivering 80:20 heliox to a 5-year-old child. An oxygen -calculated flow meter set at 10 L/minute is used to deliver the gas mixture. What is the total flow delivered to the child?

A physician orders aerosolized administration of Cayston to an adolescent with an exacerbation of cystic fibrosis. What class of drug will the respiratory therapist deliver?

For the data 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, the population mean is

Calculate the mean for the data: 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 8

Consider the following frequency table representing the number of people aged 25 – 64 with diabetes: Table 1 Age 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64 Midpoint [ans1] [ans2] [ans3] [ans4] Frequency 5 26 31 39  Midpoint * Frequency         Calculate the Midpoints for each category and calculate the population mean.

A respiratory therapist is preparing to administer an inhaled steroid to a 3-year-old child with asthma by pMDI. Which of the following should the respiratory therapist do?

A respiratory therapist prepares to administer oxygen by hood to a newborn infant born at 34 weeks gestation. Which of the following best describe s the minimum flow rate required to provide a constant flow of fresh blended gas that will fill provide a stable FI O2 within the enclosure and clear the infant s exhaled CO 2 from the device?

A respiratory therapist is attending a high- risk delivery of an infant who was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome prenatally. Which of the following physiologic conditions should the respiratory therapist suspect the hypoxemia resulted from?