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Your 5-month old patient was born at 30-weeks gestation. He is on home oxygen at 1 lpm. He is grunting, wheezing, and has nasal flaring. Vital signs are BP 72/40, P 140, and R 48. You suspect

The following capnography waveform is indicative of    

Your 58-year-old patient with a 30-pack-year smoking history complains of difficulty breathing. He explains, “For the last 6 years, I have had a productive cough and I have been catching a lot of chest colds recently.” He reports that he normally coughs up “white stuff” but for the past couple of days “it’s been yellow with blood in it.” He is awake but appears to be very drowsy. His skin has a “bluish-red” appearance. Auscultation of the lungs reveals distant breath sounds associated with diffuse wheezes and rhonchi. Physical exam reveals bilateral pitting edema of the lower extremities. What CHRONIC or UNDERLYING disease process is the patient suffering from?

The fraction of inspired oxygen (FIO2) for the ventilator dependent patient should not go below

A 25-year-old patient complain of a sudden onset of severe unexplained dyspnea and chest pain. She tells you that she is healthy, doesn’t drink, but does smoke. This morning, she returned from vacation via a lengthy airplane flight. Management of this patient includes

Select two indications for patients to be prescribed trazodone.

Which acid/base disturbance is indicated by ABG values of pH 7.49, PACO2 32 mmHg, and HCO3 18 mmHg?

Your 24-year-old patient complains of respiratory distress after being around his friend’s dog. Lung sounds reveal bilateral expiratory wheezing. He denies medical history, but is prescribed fluticasone. Based on the patient presentation and his prescribed medication you suspect the patient has

A genetic disease that primarily affects the respiratory and digestive systems, produces large amounts of thick mucus, and makes the patient susceptible to recurrent respiratory infections is known as

Capnography is a reliable method for confirming proper ET tube placement because: