A neonate on mechanical ventilation developed pulmonary air leak syndrome. What change should the respiratory therapist now recommend?
a. Initiate the bronchopulmonary hygiene therapy protocol.
b. Decrease the oxygen percentage.
c. Initiate high-frequency ventilation.
d. Insert bilateral pleural chest tubes.
C
The respiratory therapist could recommend high-frequency ventilation, which has been effective in treating infants with pulmonary air leak syndromes.
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