You are an Old World Darwinozoan called Darwinozoa lewisii (…

You are an Old World Darwinozoan called Darwinozoa lewisii (an obligate extracellular protozoan parasite) and you typically infect griffins, dragons, and unicorns in the wild. One day, a Mendel Fly (a flying insect that requires blood meals to propagate) that you have infected decides to collect a meal from a human and in the process, injects you into the human’s bloodstream. Your species, Darwinozoa lewisii, has rarely, if ever, encountered humans before. Match the question on the left to the most appropriate term.

A mechanically ventilated patient is going to be placed on p…

A mechanically ventilated patient is going to be placed on pressure support ventilation following an acceptable spontaneous weaning trial. The patient is a 5’9” male who weighs 185 lbs. During volume-controlled continuous mandatory ventilation (VC-CMV) his average peak inspiratory pressure (PIP) averaged 26 cm H2O and the plateau pressure (Pplateau) was 16 cm H2O with 5 cm PEEP. What initial pressure support level should be set to overcome the patient’s resistive work of breathing?