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You’re completing a vent check and patient assessement on your COPD with pneumonia. You auscultate expiratory wheezes bilaterally and diminished breath sounds in the lower lobes. Peak pressures are climbing and there’s a 150ml difference in your inspriatory and expiratory tidal volumes. Which waveform would you assess on the ventilator to confirm the current air trapping?

Cells in this layer of the skin are actively growing and reproducing.

Commensalism

Across the United States, about 1 in 2950 babies are diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) at birth. The C allele is dominant over c, and homozygous recessive individuals (cc) have the disease.  Calculate the frequency of the CC (no cystic fibrosis) genotype.

Across the United States, about 1 in 2950 babies are diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) at birth. The C allele is dominant over c, and homozygous recessive individuals (cc) have the disease.  Calculate the frequency of the C (dominant) allele.

A client is diagnosed with an infection caused by the hepatitis A virus. Which statement by the client indicates a need for further teaching?

The following data is collected from a 75 kg (165 lb) patient on a volume ventilator.           Mode        AC                ABG Results:  pH            7.25           Vt           420 mL                                  PaCO2      56 torr           Rate          10 min                                PaO2         66 torr         Total Rate   14 min                                HCO3         25 mEq/L          FiO2           0.60                                   BE               0          PEEP          5 cmH20 The patient’s chest x-ray indicates lobar atelectasis.  Based on these data, the most appropriate recommendation is which of the following?           

A patient with a 7.0 mm ID endotracheal tube has copious, thin secretions.  Two hours later, despite unchanged physicial findings, only very small amounts of sputum are aspirated when the patient is suctioned with a 14 Fr catheter and a pressure of -110 mmHg.  Which of the following is the most appropriate action?

During your shift you note the following trend in static compliance: 0700      CLs    50.51015      CLs    44.61400      CLs    40.41645      CLs    38.8The patient has been sedated throughout the day and no changes were made to ventilator settings. Which statement is most accurate about the patient’s condition

If you could invite your favorite philosopher out for a drink, whom would you invite, and what kind of beverage would that person order?  (2 pts e/c)