Exam 46: Monitoring and Management of the Patient in the Intensive Care Unit

You are monitoring blood pressure during mechanical ventilation of a patient with pneumonia. A temporary increase in blood pressure occurs when the patient coughs. This temporary spike in blood pressure represents what type of variability?

In which of the following disorders would an increased V_DS/V_T ratio not be likely?

In low-perfusion patients, what site would be best for monitoring SpO₂?

What is the best parameter to measure when trying to assess respiratory muscle endurance?

What is the upper limit for plateau airway pressure that is recommended during mechanical ventilation?

What two parameters are most commonly used for bedside assessment of respiratory muscle strength?

What parameter is considered to be the most accurate and reliable measure of oxygenation efficiency?

What is the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score that requires intracranial pressure monitoring?

Which of the following is the Raw of intubated patients receiving ventilatory support?

What is the best single measure of effective ventilation in the intensive care unit patient?

What is the normal range for mean arterial pressure?

Temporary variation in pulmonary artery pressure readings due to movement of the hemodynamic monitoring line is an example of what type of variability?

Which of the following levels of albumin are consistent with severe malnutrition?

Which of the following is NOT a common purpose of using ventilator graphics?

Which of the following should be considered first if medical and mechanical problems have been excluded and the patient continues to fight the ventilator or exhibit high levels of agitation or distress?

What is the value of determining the lower inflection point during measurement of the pressure-volume curve?

What parameter is best used to assess left ventricular afterload?

What is the most common method of estimating GFR?

What hemodynamic parameter is best useful for estimated left ventricular end-diastolic pressure?

What medication is associated with dilated and fixed pupils in the intensive care unit patient?