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10) 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 of the following complications?
A. Congestive heart failure
B. Jugular venous distention
C. Pulmonary embolus
D. Pulmonary fibrosis
E. Tension pneumothorax
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| ARJ
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E. Tension pneumothorax
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| phuluong2k
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D, Oxygen toxicity
This tidal volume is optimal 10 ml/kg so 750 ml/breath
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