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An 18-year-old, 5’6″, 125 lb female patient was admitted to the hospital 2 days ago for spinal meningitis. She developed sepsis and suffered hypercapnic respiratory failure. The patient was intubated and placed on volume-controlled continuous mandatory ventilation (VC-CMV), respiratory frequency (f) 12 breaths/min, tidal volume (VT) 500 mL, positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) 5 cm H2O, fractional inspired oxygen (FIO2) 0.40. Twenty-four hours later, the patient’s oxygen requirements had dramatically increased and her lung compliance had dramatically dropped, while her chest X-ray showed the development of bilateral fluffy infiltrates. The most appropriate actions to take include which of the following?

Sigh breaths could be beneficial during which of the following situations?

5’9″ Female intubated patient VC VMV VT 400 mL RR 14 bpm FIO2 30% PEEP 5 cm H20 Ti 1.3 sec descending flow What is her I:E ratio respond in this format X:X.XX

Brand Generic   dexmethylphenidate

Brand Generic   enalapril

Brand Generic   oxycodone

Brand Generic Medrol  

One must pay particular attention to limits being inclusive or not when evaluating a _________ PDF. 

The likelihood that you can interview exactly 5 people before finding one that likes chocolate ice cream is distributed …

Given the following joint probability distribution function for deductibles on Automobile and Homeowner’s insurance, what is the covariance? P(x,y) Y=0 Y=100 Y=200 X=100 0.20 0.10 0.20 X=250 0.05 0.15 0.30