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A 50 kg patient is receiving mechanical ventilation after a TAAA repair. He is on a Drager Infinity in the ICU with the following settings?Mode: PC-SIMV FiO2:   0.50 Mandatory Rate: 14 bpm Total rate:  20 bpm PEEP: 10 cmH2O Exh mand Vt:  400 mL Pinsp: 27 cmH2O Ti:  0.9 sec What is the PIP of each breath? [PIP]What is the static compliance based on the mandatory breaths? [staticcompliance]How many mL/Kg is the patient receiving on the mandatory breaths? [mLperKg]

New Zealand is the largest exporter of dairy products to the United States. The United States is the world’s third-largest supplier of machinery and exports heavy machinery to New Zealand. What explains the trade equation between New Zealand and the United States?

The Bureau of Natural Resources, a U.S. government agency, put out a contract for 45,000 document copiers. It stipulated in the contract letter that preference would be given to a bidder for whom at least 51 percent of the materials by value in the copier were produced in the U.S. This contract provision is covered by the

The Spanish company, Almodovar Family Holdings obtained the right to produce and sell the U.S.-based Omega, Inc.’s products in Spain in return for a royalty fee to Omega, Inc. on every unit it sells in Spain. Almodovar Family Holdings is Omega, Inc.’s

The shape of the loop at the arrow identified as #14 is consistent with

Which pressure-volume loop shows the effect of an increase in compliance if the ventilator is delivering pressure control breaths? 

Lugnow Inc. paid a sum of $76,000 to an official in the government of Nepotismia to ensure that the company obtained exclusive preferential treatment. The $76,000 can be classified as

A 65 kg patient has been mechanically ventilated in the ICU for 6 days following  sepsis and respiratory failure. She is on the GE CareScape with the following settings with an ABG as shown here:Mode: SIMV-PC                                FiO2:   0.50Mandatory Rate: 20 bpm                    Mandatory Vt:  390 mLTotal Rate:  22 bpm                            Spontaneous Vt: 250 mL                    PS:  5 cmH2O                                     Pinsp:  16 cmH2OPEEP:  10 cmH2O ABG:  pH 7.29/ PaCO2 52/ PaO2 66/ HCO3 24 The best ventilator setting change to lower the PaCO2 for this patient is to

In APC, the ventilator will adjust the _________ in response to changes in patient respiratory mechanics.

Pressure regulated volume control breaths guarantee a set pressure will be maintained and allow tidal volume to fluctuate in the event of a change in lung compliance.