Multiple Choice
When the patient stabilizes on mechanical ventilation with a PEEP of 12 cm H2O and the FIO2 has been reduced to 0.40, how should the PEEP level reduced?
A) in increments of 2 cm H2O every 6 hours
B) in increments of 3 to 5 cm H2O every 2 hours
C) in increments of 3 to 5 cm H2O every one hour
D) in increments of 5 cm H2O every 2 hours
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