Delivery systems that provide only a portion of a patient's inspired gas are referred to as what?

a. Fixed-performance systems
b. Variable-performance systems
c. High-flow O2 systems
d. Air-entrainment systems

ANS: B
A system that supplies only a portion of the inspired gas always provides a variable FiO2. An example of a variable-performance system is a nasal cannula.

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