Your patient has relatively normal lungs and is receiving mechanical ventilation following sur-gery. You observe double triggering. What is the most likely cause?
a. The termination criteria is set too low.
b. The flow rate is too slow.
c. Auto-PEEP.
d. The inspiratory time is too short.
ANS: D
In patient with relatively healthy lungs where the termination criteria is set too high or inspiratory time too short, double triggering can occur every breath. These are primarily postoperative pa-tients or overdose patients.
Health Professions
You might also like to view...
Specialties in the profession of pharmacy include
A) radiology B) family practice C) drug information D) homeopathy
Health Professions
When the sinus rhythm exceeds 100 beats per minute, it is called a ____.
A. complex tachycardia B. sinus bradycardia C. sinus tachycardia D. syndrome of inappropriate sinus tachycardia
Health Professions