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When a person has Guillain-Barre Syndrome, how are peripheral nerves affected?

Which of the following are recommended to treat alveolar consolidation and atelectasis associated with ARDS? aerosolized bronchodilator medicationscontinuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)chest percussion and postural drainagepositive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP)

Chest assessment findings in a patient with ILD would include: pleural friction rubincreased vocal fremitusvesicular breath soundshyperresonant percussion note

The Charleston bending brace is preferred over other braces because it:is worn only 23 hours a dayis worn for 8 to 10 hours at night is worn at night, when human growth hormone level is highestcorrects any associated upper airway obstruction

A 50-kg (110 pound) 30-year old female patient has Myasthenia Gravis. Bedside spirometry has found her VC to be 700mL and FIF -14cmH2O. Vital signs show a respiratory rate of 38 breaths/min, a heart rate of 140/minute, and blood pressure 130/90mmHg. What should the respiratory therapist recommend?

A patient has been diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer with metastasis to the bones and brain. You would anticipate the physician to discuss which of the following with the patient and family?

The diffusing capacity of a patient with coal worker’s pneumoconiosis or silicosis would be expected to be:

A patient with Guillian-Barre Syndrome develops atelectasis. His chest radiograph findings would be expected to show:

A 70 kg patient with ARDS is intubated and mechanically ventilated. The patient is on a continuous vecuronium infusion to maintain a twitch of “1”.  Peak inspiratory pressure is 50cm H2O, and the plateau pressure is 50cm H2O. The PaO2 is 60. the physician orders the following ventilator settings: assist control mode, rate 12/minute, tidal volume 700mL FiO2 1.00; PEEP 15. The therapist knows that:

In myasthenia gravis, which two pulmonary function values are most sensitive in detecting respiratory muscle weakness?