BRPT 8 questions with verified answers
A DC AMPLIFIER IS USED TO Ans✓✓✓ RECORD CONSTANT OR SLOWLY
CHANGING SIGNALS
A PATIENT WHO HAS BEEN COMPLIANT WITH PAP THERAPY FOR TWO
YEARS RETURNS COMPLAINING OF A PERSISTENT MASK LEAK. THE BEST
ACTION IS TO Ans✓✓✓ REVIEW CURRENT MASK OPTIONS WITH THE
PATIENT
A PATIENT WITH UNILATERAL DIAPHRAGMATIC PARALYSIS WOULD BE
MOST AT RISK FOR Ans✓✓✓ SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING DURING
REM
A PATIENTS RDI IS REDUCED FROM 55 PER HOUR PRE INTERVENTION
TO 8 PER HOUR WHEN ON CPAP, WITH 43 MINUTES OF
UNINTERRUPTED SUPINE REM OBSERVED. ACCORDING TO
RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES THIS TITRATION WOULD BE CLASSIFIED
AS Ans✓✓✓ ADEQUATE
A PRIMARY REASON FOR ASKING A PATIENT TO LOOK UP AND DOWN,
LEFT AND RIGHT DURING PHYSIOLOGICAL CALIBRATION IS TO
Ans✓✓✓ AID IN IDENTIFICATION OF REM SLEEP
A SEQUENCE OF BREATHS LASTING AT LEAST 10 SECONDS THAT DOES
NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR AND APNEA OR HYPOPNEA,
, CHARACTERIZED BY INCREASING RESPIRATORY EFFORT AND ENDING IN
AN AROUSAL IS Ans✓✓✓ RERA
A SYSTEMATIC PROCESS OF VERIFYING COMPLIANCE WITH SPECIFIC
REQUIREMENTS IS Ans✓✓✓ QUALITY ASSURANCE
ABSENCE OF A HEARTBEAT IS CALLED Ans✓✓✓ ASYSTOLE
ACCORDING T RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES, RESPIRATORY EFFORT
SHOULD BE RECORDED WITH Ans✓✓✓ INDUCTANCE
PLETHYSMOGRAPHY
ACCORDING TO RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR A BILEVEL IPAP
TITRATION, THE MAXIMUM IPAP FOR A PATIENT >12 YEARS SHOULD BE
Ans✓✓✓ 30 CM H20
ACCORDING TO RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR ADULT PATIENTS,
CPAP PRESSURE SHOULD BE INCREASED Ans✓✓✓ AT INTERVALS OF >
5 MINUTES AFTER OBSERVING TWO OBSTRUCTIVE APNEAS
ACCORDING TO RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR PATIENTS <12
YEARS, CPAP SHOULD BE INCREASED AFTER OBSERVING AT LEAST
Ans✓✓✓ 3 RERA'S
A DC AMPLIFIER IS USED TO Ans✓✓✓ RECORD CONSTANT OR SLOWLY
CHANGING SIGNALS
A PATIENT WHO HAS BEEN COMPLIANT WITH PAP THERAPY FOR TWO
YEARS RETURNS COMPLAINING OF A PERSISTENT MASK LEAK. THE BEST
ACTION IS TO Ans✓✓✓ REVIEW CURRENT MASK OPTIONS WITH THE
PATIENT
A PATIENT WITH UNILATERAL DIAPHRAGMATIC PARALYSIS WOULD BE
MOST AT RISK FOR Ans✓✓✓ SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING DURING
REM
A PATIENTS RDI IS REDUCED FROM 55 PER HOUR PRE INTERVENTION
TO 8 PER HOUR WHEN ON CPAP, WITH 43 MINUTES OF
UNINTERRUPTED SUPINE REM OBSERVED. ACCORDING TO
RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES THIS TITRATION WOULD BE CLASSIFIED
AS Ans✓✓✓ ADEQUATE
A PRIMARY REASON FOR ASKING A PATIENT TO LOOK UP AND DOWN,
LEFT AND RIGHT DURING PHYSIOLOGICAL CALIBRATION IS TO
Ans✓✓✓ AID IN IDENTIFICATION OF REM SLEEP
A SEQUENCE OF BREATHS LASTING AT LEAST 10 SECONDS THAT DOES
NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR AND APNEA OR HYPOPNEA,
, CHARACTERIZED BY INCREASING RESPIRATORY EFFORT AND ENDING IN
AN AROUSAL IS Ans✓✓✓ RERA
A SYSTEMATIC PROCESS OF VERIFYING COMPLIANCE WITH SPECIFIC
REQUIREMENTS IS Ans✓✓✓ QUALITY ASSURANCE
ABSENCE OF A HEARTBEAT IS CALLED Ans✓✓✓ ASYSTOLE
ACCORDING T RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES, RESPIRATORY EFFORT
SHOULD BE RECORDED WITH Ans✓✓✓ INDUCTANCE
PLETHYSMOGRAPHY
ACCORDING TO RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR A BILEVEL IPAP
TITRATION, THE MAXIMUM IPAP FOR A PATIENT >12 YEARS SHOULD BE
Ans✓✓✓ 30 CM H20
ACCORDING TO RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR ADULT PATIENTS,
CPAP PRESSURE SHOULD BE INCREASED Ans✓✓✓ AT INTERVALS OF >
5 MINUTES AFTER OBSERVING TWO OBSTRUCTIVE APNEAS
ACCORDING TO RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR PATIENTS <12
YEARS, CPAP SHOULD BE INCREASED AFTER OBSERVING AT LEAST
Ans✓✓✓ 3 RERA'S
