Multiple Choice
The volume delivered by a pressure-limited ventilator will decrease under all of the following conditions except:
A) the patient's lung or thoracic (chest wall) compliance falls.
B) airway resistances rises (inspiratory time less than 3 times the time constant) .
C) the patient tenses the respiratory muscles during inspiration.
D) airway resistances rises (inspiratory time greater than 3 times the time constant) .
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