What are the five mechanisms that lead to the development of ventilatory failure?
What will be an ideal response?
The five mechanisms are:
(1) hypoventilation, (2) persistent ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) mismatch, (3) persistent intrapulmonary shunting, (4) persistent diffusion defect, and (5) persistent reduction of inspired oxygen tension (PIO2)
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Ancient practitioners in the B.C. era of civilization used ________ to treat patients
A) general and local anesthesia B) plants, herbs, nonpoisonous snakes, and religious beliefs C) penicillin D) all of the above
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Report to the PACU nurse is given by
a. the circulating nurse. b. the OR charge nurse. c. the scrub person. d. the OR scheduling office.
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