20: Mechanical Ventilation

Question 1

signs of respiratory failure

Answer 1

dyspnea, tachypnea, cyanosis, sweating, using accessory muscles, agitation, flaring nostrils, wheezes/crackles, low O2 sat

Question 2

compensation is always in the same/opposite direction as the primary disorder in respiratory

Answer 2

same direction

Question 3

in respiratory disorders, the pH moves in same/opposite direct as the HCO3 and pCO2

Answer 3

opposite direction (metabolic they all move in same direction)