Improving lung compliance during pressure-controlled ventilation would cause which of the fol-lowing?
a. A decrease in peak pressure c. An increase in volume delivery
b. An increase in peak pressure d. A decrease in vol-ume delivery
ANS: C
During pressure-controlled ventilation, the delivery of the volume varies according to the charac-teristics of the lungs. Improving compliance makes it easier to deliver a volume with the same set pressure.
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