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7. After starting volume-cycled mechanical ventilation on a patient in respiratory failure with a VT of 10 ml/kg, you measure and obtain a plateau pressure of 45 cm H2O. Which of the following actions would you recommend to the patient’s physician?

16. Beneficial effects of using high inspiratory flows in patients with chronic airflow obstruction receiving flow-limited mechanical ventilation include which of the following? I. decreased work of breathing II. improved gas exchange III. decreased auto-PEEP

3. A patient is currently on mechanical ventilation on the following settings and ABG results:   Mode      AC                      pH            7.30 Freq        12                        PaCO2     53 VT          0.6 L                   PaO2        63 FIO2       .45                       HCO3       24 PEEP        0                        BE            0   What must be manipulated to correct the pH?

5. Pressure support ventilation can be used in what modality? I. SIMV II. A/C III.CPAP IV. T-tube trial

19. Temporary variation in pulmonary artery pressure readings due to movement of the hemodynamic monitoring line is an example of what type of variability?

The 70 L steel gas tank of a car is filled to the top with gasoline at . The car is left to sit in the sun, and the tank reaches a temperature of . What volume in L of gasoline will overflow from the tank? (

What color would a Gram-positive bacteria appear under the microscope after staining?

A Gram-positive bacteria stains ______ due to the presence of a thick peptidoglycan layer in its cell wall.

Water vapor, water, and ice are examples of:

The conservation of matter principle is that matter