VENTILATION 7TH EDITION | EXAM QUESTIONS &
SOLUTIONS | UPDATED & VERIFIED
, TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER 1. BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS OF MECHANICAL
VENTILATION
CHAPTER 2. HOW VENTILATORS WORK
CHAPTER 3. HOW A BREATH IS DELIVERED
CHAPTER 4. ESTABLISHING THE NEED FOR MECHANICAL
VENTILATION
CHAPTER 5. SELECTING THE VENTILATOR AND THE MODE
CHAPTER 6. INITIAL VENTILATOR SETTINGS
CHAPTER 7. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS IN VENTILATOR SETUP
CHAPTER 8. INITIAL PATIENT ASSESSMENT
CHAPTER 9. VENTILATOR GRAPHICS
CHAPTER 10. ASSESSMENT OF RESPIRATORY FUNCTION
CHAPTER 11. HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING
CHAPTER 12. METHODS TO IMPROVE VENTILATION IN
PATIENT-VENTILATOR MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 13. IMPROVING OXYGENATION AND
MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS
SYNDROME
CHAPTER 14. VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA
CHAPTER 15. SEDATIVES, ANALGESICS, AND PARALYTICS
CHAPTER 16. EXTRAPULMONARY EFFECTS OF MECHANICAL
VENTILATION
CHAPTER 17. EFFECTS OF POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION
ON THE PULMONARY SYSTEM
CHAPTER 18. TROUBLESHOOTING AND PROBLEM SOLVING
CHAPTER 19. BASIC CONCEPTS OF NONINVASIVE POSITIVE
PRESSURE VENTILATION
CHAPTER 20. WEANING FROM AND DISCONTINUATION OF
MECHANICAL VENTILATION
CHAPTER 21. LONG-TERM VENTILATION
CHAPTER 22. NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC MECHANICAL
VENTILATION
CHAPTER 23. SPECIAL TECHNIQUES USED IN VENTILATORY
SUPPORT
,CHAPTER 1; BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS OF MECHANICAL VENTILATION
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. THE BODY’S MECHANISM FOR CONDUCTING AIR IN AND OUT OF THE LUNGS
IS KNOWN AS WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING?
A. EXTERNAL RESPIRATION
B. INTERNAL RESPIRATION
C. SPONTANEOUS VENTILATION
D. MECHANICAL VENTILATION
CORRECT ANS>> C
THE CONDUCTION OF AIR IN AND OUT OF THE BODY IS KNOWN AS
VENTILATION. SINCE THE QUESTION ASKS FOR THE BODY’S MECHANISM, THIS
WOULD BE SPONTANEOUS VENTILATION. EXTERNAL RESPIRATION INVOLVES
THE EXCHANGE OF OXYGEN (O2) AND CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) BETWEEN THE
ALVEOLI AND THE PULMONARY CAPILLARIES. INTERNAL RESPIRATION OCCURS
AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL AND INVOLVES MOVEMENT OF OXYGEN FROM THE
SYSTEMIC BLOOD INTO THE CELLS.
DIF: 1 REF: PG. 3
2. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE INVOLVED IN EXTERNAL RESPIRATION?
A. RED BLOOD CELLS AND BODY CELLS
B. SCALENES AND TRAPEZIUS
MUSCLES
C. ALVEOLI AND PULMONARY
CAPILLARIES
D. EXTERNAL OBLIQUE AND
TRANSVERSE ABDOMINAL MUSCLES
CORRECT ANS>> C
EXTERNAL RESPIRATION INVOLVES THE EXCHANGE OF OXYGEN AND CARBON
DIOXIDE (CO2) BETWEEN THE ALVEOLI AND THE PULMONARY CAPILLARIES.
INTERNAL RESPIRATION OCCURS AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL AND INVOLVES
MOVEMENT OF OXYGEN FROM THE SYSTEMIC BLOOD INTO THE CELLS.
SCALENE AND TRAPEZIUS MUSCLES ARE ACCESSORY MUSCLES OF
INSPIRATION. EXTERNAL OBLIQUE AND TRANSVERSE ABDOMINAL MUSCLES
ARE ACCESSORY MUSCLES OF EXPIRATION.
, DIF: 1 REF: PG. 3
CORRECT ANS>> B
DURING SPONTANEOUS BREATHING THE INTRAPLEURAL PRESSURE DROPS
FROM ABOUT -5 CM H2O AT END-EXPIRATION TO ABOUT -10 CM H2O AT
END-INSPIRATION. THE GRAPH DEPICTED FOR ANSWER B SHOWS THAT