indlaxman
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A 79-year-old man, weighing 75 kg, with emphysema is intubated in the intensive care unit because of respiratory failure after developing adult respiratory distress syndrome secondary to an Escherichia coli bacteremia after an untreated urinary tract infection. His ventilator is set to a respiratory rate of 20/min, a tidal volume of 750 mL/breath, and a pO2 of 100%. If these settings are continued for the next 72 hours, the patient is at most increased risk for the development of which complications
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| Hamidi
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pneumothorax may be :icon_scratch: :?:
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| icecool
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although high concentration of O2 is needed for ARDS, and as high as 100% of O2 can apply, but it depends on the blood O2 sat. I think 100% O2 might not be the best choice. Tidal volume is fine. Rate? don't know. Not sure the q is asking single most or most common complication(s), but in this case I would guess multi-organ failure, ventilator-associated pneumonia, lung firosis, pneumothorex.
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