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Question
PNA and ARDS Study Guide
1. Write out the definition for each acronym:
a. CAP_____________
b. HCAP____________
c. HAP_____________
d. VAP_____________
2. Now put the correct descriptive acronym next t these statements:
a. The patient got sick at home: ________________________________________
b. The patient got sick while receiving medical care: ________________________
c. The patient got sick in the hospital: ____________________________________
d. The patient got sick in a nursing home: _________________________________
3. Define "empirical therapy."
4. Besides fever, list three respiratory symptoms patients with pneumonia typically exhibit.
5. How does optimal PEEP differ from PEEP that delivers the best PaO2? PEEP that enhances oxygenation while maintaining cardiac output and lung compliance is optimal. This is usually lower than the PEEP that maximizes PaO2.
6. We can avoid barotrauma by maintaining plateau pressures below what value? Mean airway and plateau pressure should be below 35 cm H2O.
7. What is the tidal volume range used in ARDS patients?
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