Respiratory Monitors Flashcards

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What is the calculation for airway resistance?

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What is the calculation for airway compliance?

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3
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What is peak inspiratory pressure?

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The maximum pressure in the airway during inspiration

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4
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What is plateau pressure?

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The pressure in the small airways and alveoli after the set tidal volume has been administered?

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5
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How do you assess static compliance?

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Using plateau pressure

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6
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How do you assess dynamic compliance?

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Using PIP

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7
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What is happening in this picture?

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An increase in PIP with no increase in Plateau pressure:

Resistance has increased OR
Inspiratory flow rate has increased

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8
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What is happening in this picture?

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An increase in PIP AND an increase in plateau pressure

Total compliance has decreased
OR
Tidal volume has increased

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9
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What could cause this waveform?

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10
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What could cause this waveform?

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11
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What is happening in each phase?

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12
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An increased alpha angle signifies:

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Expiratory obstruction:

COPD
Bronchospasm
Kinked endotracheal tube

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13
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An increased beta angle indiciates:

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rebreathing due to a faulty inspiratory valve

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15
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cardiac oscillations

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16
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incompetent inspiratory valve

17
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airway obstruction

18
Q

Pulse oximetry is based on which law?

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Beer-Lambert Law

19
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Pulse oximeters emit two types of light:

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Red light (prefers deoxygenated)
Near-infrared light (prefers oxygenated)

20
Q

Order pulse oximetry sites in order from most to least sensitive:

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Fast: ear, nose, esophagus, forehead
Middle: Finger
Slow: Toe

21
Q

What is the downside to using a central SpO2 site in trendelenberg?

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The venous engorgement can lead to a falsely low pulse ox reading

22
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An SpO2 of 90% correlates with a PaO2 of:

23
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An SpO2 of 80% correlates with a PaO2 of:

24
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An SpO2 of 70% correlates with a PaO2 of:

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What is the most common method of measuring exhaled gases in the breathing circuit?
Infrared absorption
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Does infrared absorption detect O2 levels?
No. Diatomic molecules don't absorb infrared light
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How does mass spectrometry work?
Bombards a gas sample with electrons, creating ion fragments.
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How does Raman Scatter Spectrometry work?
High power argon laser produces photons, which in turn collide with the gas molecules
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Why aren't piezoelectric crystals used in practice?
They can only identify one gas, not several
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