The Nurse Caring for a Client with Pulmonary Edema Responds

The nurse caring for a client with pulmonary edema responds to the mechanical ventilator high-pressure alarm.  The nurse would assess for which conditions that can trigger the high-pressure alarm?  Select all that apply.

A) Biting endotracheal tube
B) Disconnected ventilator tubing
C) Endotracheal tube cuff leak
D) Excessive airway secretions
E) Kinked ventilator tubing

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