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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 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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| srf
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D
100% O2 will prove too much for him.
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| marasmus
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E. 750ml is too much for tidal volume setting.
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| achilles
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the correct answer is D and the explanation given by srf is right.
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