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The respiratory therapist is reviewing the results of a pulmonary function test.  The data shows FEV1/FEV% is 58%, SVC is 81% of predicted.  DL,CO is 62% of predicted.  Which of the following most likely represents the patient’s condition? 

While assessing a sleep study, the respiratory therapist notes a 40-second period where the respiratory rate was 20/min, and the oral and nasal thermistor tracings were flat.  Which of the following conditions was most likely present?

During the multiple-breath open-circuit nitrogen (N2) washout, N2 is washed out of the lungs while the patient breathes:

A normal AHI (apnea/hypopnea) is defined as less than

What is considered to be the major problem with the use of CPAP in patients with OSA?

Toward the end of a nitrogen washout test for functional residual capacity, the expired concentration of N2 begins rising. What does this probably indicate?

Name the four biological functions of water.

Which of the following are mistakes found in the above code? Select ALL that apply.

What is the purpose of the super() function in Python?

The following table shows the results of an analysis of variance comparing three treatment conditions with a sample of n = 7 participants in each condition. Note that several values are missing in the table. What is the missing value for MSbetween? Source         SS      df      MS Between      20      xx      xx      F = xx Within         xx      xx        2 Total            xx     xx