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As you perform a patient-ventilator assessment on a neonate you observe very little condensation in a servo-controlled heated wire circuit. What would you do next?

 CPAP levels greater than 8 cm H2O are commonly associated with which of the following conditions

A 3-year-old child has been diagnosed with epiglottitis and was intubated due to severe respiratory distress. After 24 hours of antibiotics, the therapist is considering extubation. What will be an acceptable leak before considering extubation?

Physiologic effects of CPAP include the following except:

You are assessing a finding on a radiograph and notice that when the patient exhaled you observed tracheal buckling. Which of the following is a likely cause?

Give 2 examples of Air leak Syndromes, for each example describe the pathology.

While viewing a lateral view of a neck radiograph of an 18-month-old child, a therapist notices thumb print sign. Which of the following conditions does this child likely have?

While viewing an anteroposterior view of a chest radiograph of an intubated neonate, a therapist notices that the endotracheal tube tip has advanced towards the carina. What could explain this new location of the endotracheal tube?

The respiratory therapist is evaluating a child with suspected foreign body aspiration. The radiographer suggests inspiratory-expiratory radiographs. What is expected on the frontal expiratory radiographs?

Match the electrocardiogram component with its expected finding.  Each option is only used once.