Sample Problems Using Respiratory Equations

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Sample Problems Using Respiratory Equations


A comatose patient with no spontaneous respiration is placed on mechanical ventilation with the following settings:



The following measurements are made:




1. Calculate minute ventilation (image), dead space–to–tidal volume ratio (VD/VT), alveolar volume (VA), and alveolar ventilation (image).


2. If extra tubing with a volume of 250 mL were added to the system in a position such that it provided additional dead space, what would be the new VD/VT?


3. With the new system as described in Question 2, what would be the new PaCO2?


4. Going back to the original conditions (without added extra tubing), the ventilator settings are changed to new settings:



5. Using the original ventilator settings and arterial blood gases as given, calculate the alveolar-arterial difference in partial pressure of oxygen (AaDO2).


6. After the patient is improved, arterial blood gases measured with the patient breathing room air are as follows:


Jun 12, 2016 | Posted by in RESPIRATORY | Comments Off on Sample Problems Using Respiratory Equations

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