Multiple Choice
Your patient has relatively normal lungs and is receiving mechanical ventilation following surgery. You observe double triggering. What is the most likely cause?
A) The termination criteria is set too low.
B) The flow rate is too slow.
C) Auto-PEEP.
D) The inspiratory time is too short.
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