Multiple Choice
Indications for delivering sigh breaths during mechanical ventilation include which of the following?
1) Before and after suctioning
2) During chest physical therapy
3) In patients with stiff lungs
4) When small VT values are used
A) 1 and 3 only
B) 1, 2, and 4 only
C) 2 and 4 only
D) 2, 3, and 4 only
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