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Kettering Practice Questions | 300 Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Updated & Verified | 122 Pages

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Fine crepitant crackles are most commonly associated with which of the following conditions? a. bronchiectasis b. congestive heart failure c. pneumonia d. croup - ANS - b. congestive heart failure... A patient is found in full cardiopulmonary arrest. CPR is started and the patient is orally intubated with an EtCO2 monitor attached. Which of the following EtCO2 patterns would the respiratory therapist expect to observe on the monitor? a. Initially high, then falling b. Initially low, then rising c. Initially high, stays high d. Initially low, stays low - ANS - b. Initially low, then rising The blood pressure obtained from the arterial line is higher than the blood pressure obtained from a sphygmomanometer. Based upon this information, the respiratory therapist should conclude that a. non-compliant tubing is being used b. the transducer is placed too low. c. the patient was lying flat during the measurement of the arterial line pressure d. the transducer dome contained air bubbles - ANS - b. the transducer is placed too low A 2 year old child enters the emergency room. The mother states that the child was playing with friends and developed violent coughing and unilateral wheezing. Physical examination reveals a hyperresonant percussion note on the left and resonant percussion note on the right. Inspiratoryand expiratory chest films indicate air trapping with no foreign bodies noted. The respiratory therapist should suspect that the child has a. a pneumothorax b. orthopnea c. aspirated a foreign object d. tachyphylaxis - ANS - c. aspirated a foreign object [Show More]

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