A 47-Year-Old,6'1" Male Patient Is Admitted to the Hospital Due

Multiple Choice

A 47-year-old,6'1" male patient is admitted to the hospital due to trauma from a motor vehicle accident.Forty-eight hours post admission,the patient is suffering from respiratory distress with severe hypoxemia and is intubated.A chest X-ray,done prior to intubation,reveals a ground glass appearance bilaterally.The physician requests the volume-controlled continuous mandatory ventilation (VC-CMV) mode for this patient.The initial settings for the ventilator should be which of the following?

A) Vᴛ = 450 mL, rate = 18 breaths/min, PEEP = 8 cm H₂O
B) Vᴛ = 600 mL, rate = 10 breaths/min, PEEP = 5 cm H₂O
C) Vᴛ = 750 mL, rate = 15 breaths/min, PEEP = 10 cm H₂O
D) Vᴛ = 900 mL, rate = 12 breaths/min, PEEP = 5 cm H₂O