Exam 7: Lung Expansion Therapy Devices

Myasthenia gravis is causing a patient to have respiratory muscle weakness.He has a vital capacity of 5 mL/kg and is unable to cough effectively.What therapy would you recommend to help prevent pulmonary complications?

A patient has undergone surgery and is receiving continuous supplemental oxygen via a 30% air-entrainment mask.He or she becomes pale and short of breath during incentive spirometry.Pulse oximetry reveals a significant drop in oxygen saturation during incentive spirometry.The respiratory therapist should do which of the following for subsequent incentive spirometry therapy?

All intermittent positive-pressure breathing machines are required to have an operating gas pressure source of _____ lb force per square inch gauge (psig).

During an incentive spirometry treatment,a patient holds the 600 mL/s ball up for 1.5 seconds; the patient inhaled a volume of _____ L.

At the beginning of inspiration,gas flow to the patient from a Bird Mark 7 or 8 set on "air-mix" comes from which of the following?

Which of the following is a type of adjunctive therapy that aids in the mobilization of airway secretions through high-frequency percussive breaths applied inside the patient's airways?

The diluter regulator on a Puritan Bennett PR-2 is used to do which of the following?

Patients undergoing positive expiratory pressure therapy must have a high enough expiratory flow to generate pressure in the range of _____ cm H₂O.

Bronchial hygiene therapy for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy or spinal muscular atrophy is most appropriate with which of the following?

During a positive expiratory pressure therapy session,a patient should be told to:

In the air-mix setting,the flow and pressure waveforms that can be produced by the Bird Mark 7 include:

Factors that increase the risk of atelectasis include:

A patient with moderate kyphoscoliosis has bilateral lower lobe pneumonia. An assessment reveals impending respiratory failure.Which of the following machines should be used to deliver intermittent positive-pressure breathing to this patient?

Which of the following is a compact,inexpensive,single-patient intermittent positive-pressure breathing device?

Which of the following intermittent positive-pressure breathing machines can produce pressure as high as 200 cm H₂O?

To determine outcome for a patient undergoing intermittent positive-pressure breathing (IPPB)therapy,the respiratory therapist should assess which of the following? 1)Peak expiratory flow 2)Breath sounds 3)Sputum color 4)Maximum inspiratory pressure

A patient reports that during incentive spirometry she becomes dizzy and must stop the maneuver when this happens.The most probable cause of this situation is:

When instructing patients on the use of a volume-displacement incentive spirometer,the respiratory therapist should inform the patients to do which of the following?

Which of the following intermittent positive-pressure breathing machines is unable to provide short-term ventilatory support?

The primary indication for lung expansion therapy is: