Severe potassium depletion can lead to ____ and compensatory hypoventilation.

The display from the proximal port of a pulmonary artery catheter reads 12 cm H2O. This meas-urement is which of the following?

a. Stroke work index c. Pulmonary artery pressure b. Central venous pressure d. Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure

Two classifications of chest trauma are:

a. blunt or penetrating. b. bronchial or tracheal. c. unifocal or multifocal. d. sharp or dull.