You are using a Bird Mark 7A ventilator during IPPB therapy. You need to decrease tidal volume. How can you decrease tidal volume without altering inspiratory time?
I. increase the pressure
II. decrease the pressure
III. increase the flow rate
IV. decrease the flow rate
A) I and III
B) I and IV
C) II and III
D) II and IV
Q. 2 Neonatal measurement of lung volumes is usually measured during
A) sleep
B) the morning hours
C) feeding
D) Lung volumes cannot be measured in neonates.
Q. 3 You are using a Bird Mark 7A ventilator during IPPB therapy. You need to increase tidal volume. How can you increase tidal volume without altering inspiratory time?
I. increase the pressure
II. decrease the pressure
III. increase the flow rate
IV. decrease the flow rate
A) I and III
B) I and IV
C) II and III
D) II and IV
Q. 4 Which of the following is correct regarding the Dubowitz Gestational Age Assessment?
A) 15 physical criteria and 11 neurologic signs
B) 10 physical criteria and 10 neurologic signsC) 12 physical criteria and 10 neurologic signs
D) 11 physical criteria and 10 neurologic signs
Q. 5 When using the Bird Mark 7A ventilator, manipulating the flow-rate control to increase the flow will cause the:
I. tidal volume to decrease
II. tidal volume to increase
III. inspiratory time to increase
IV. inspiratory time to decrease
A) I and III
B) I and IV
C) II and III
D) II and IV
Q. 6 The flow-volume loop compares the relationship between
A) compliance and tidal volume
B) pleural pressure and airflow
C) barometric pressure and tidal volume
D) tidal volume and airflow
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