Postacute care settings include all of the following except:
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Which of the following actions would an RT perform during th…
Which of the following actions would an RT perform during the monthly check of a home oxygen concentrator system? 1. Replacement of the silica pellets in the sieve bed. 2. Analysis of the FiO2 delivered by the concentrator 3. Filter replacement 4. Evaluation of the concentrator’s electrical system.
Attrition in pulmonary rehabilitation programs is most as…
Attrition in pulmonary rehabilitation programs is most associated with which of the following?
Knowlege from the social sciences is used in pulmonary rehab…
Knowlege from the social sciences is used in pulmonary rehabilitation programming for mainly what purpose?I. determine the impact of the disability on the patient or family.II. quantify the extent of physiological impairment due to diseaseIII. establish ways to improve the patient’s quality.
Home 02 can be supplied by which of the following systems? I…
Home 02 can be supplied by which of the following systems? I. REDOX chemical reactors II. liquid O2 systems III. 02 concentrators
Patients with central hypoventilation syndrome often exhibit…
Patients with central hypoventilation syndrome often exhibit ____ or variable periods of hypoventilation due to failure or dysfunction of the autonomic control of breathing.
A patient is being considered for participation in a pulm…
A patient is being considered for participation in a pulmonary rehabilitation program. Which of the following test regimens would you recommend in order to ascertain the patient’s cardiopulmonary status? I. cardiopulmonary exercise evaluation II. pulmonary function testing III. cardiac catheterization
A cardiopulmonary exercise evaluation is conducted on a p…
A cardiopulmonary exercise evaluation is conducted on a patient before participation in pulmonary rehabilitation for what purposes? I. to quantify the patient’s baseline exercise capacity II. to develop an exercise prescription (including target heart rate) III. to determine how much desaturation occurs with exercise
Which of the following measures during cardiopulmonary ex…
Which of the following measures during cardiopulmonary exercise evaluation are most useful in differentiating between exercise intolerance of cardiac versus ventilatory origin? I. maximum heart rate II. O2max III. PaCO2 IV. PaO2
Absolute contraindications for conducting a cardiopulmona…
Absolute contraindications for conducting a cardiopulmonary exercise evaluation include all of the following except: