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A patient with a history of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is being evaluated by anesthesia prior to this patient’s thoracotomy surgery. Which clinical finding would the anesthesia expect to find in this patient? 

A patient with a large right upper lobe empyema presents to the operating room for an open thoracotomy and drainage. Which is the MOST appropriate airway device for this patient? 

A 68-year-old male patient with an ideal body weight of 60 kg will undergo a VAT left lobectomy for adenocarcinoma.  During one lung ventilation with a double lumen tube which ventilator settings are MOST appropriate for this patient? 

Please download the Excel file provided in this question, complete it, and upload the file after finishing the questions. The cells containing question instructions are colored in blue and protected from editing. The sections colored in orange are the cells where you can enter your answers. Exam 2 problems-1.xlsx

The respiratory therapist observes the volume-time curve shown in the figure below and is not sure that patient is ventilating.    What action should the respiratory therapist take at this time?

Based on the UIP, the level of applied PEEP should be set at what point on the pressure-volume curve?

An OT is working with on LB dressing with a client with a T2 spinal cord injury.  Where should the client learn to complete dressing for maximal stability

A xYz/XyZ strain is crossed to a xyz/xyz strain. The following offspring are recovered: XyZ 600 xYz 600 XYZ 205 xyz 205 xYZ 75 Xyz 75 xyZ 10 XYz 10 What is the correct order of these genes?

Identify the area in green in the figure above.