MEP and MIPs questions with 100% correct answers 2023/2024

MEP and MIPsGreater than -75 cmH20 - correct answer Normal MIP for men -59 cmH20 - correct answer Normal MIP for women 60 cmH20 - correct answer Healthy adults can generate MIPs and MEPs - correct answer What's the best way to assess muscle function A negative number PI max - correct answer MIP is reported as -60 cmH20 - correct answer What's the normal MIP (NIF same same) Positive number - correct answer MEP is reported as 80-100 cmH20 - correct answer For MEPs you record as Cystic fibrosis Fibromyalgia - correct answer When you use MIP and MEP Reported as PLmax aka a negative number at the lowest pressure developed during a forceful sustained inspiration against an occluded airway - correct answer Maximal inspiratory pressure Reported as PEmax is the highest pressure that can be developed during a forceful sustained expiratory effort against and occluded airway - is a positive number in cmH20 or mmhg - correct answer MEP Pressure monitoring device should be linear over its range - correct answer Technique for MIP and MEP Should be able to record pressures from -200 to approximately +200cmH2O - correct answer Techniques for MIP and MEP Plateau pressure that the patient can maintain for 1-2 seconds - correct answer You should record the Patient is instructed to expire maximally The airway is occluded Patient inspires maximally and maintains the inspiration 1-2 seconds The most negative value from at least three efforts that vary less than 20% is recorded - correct answer MIP technique Allergies and show through steroid therapy - correct answer Eosinophilis are Patient inhaled as much as possible Exhales maximally against the occluded airway for 1-2 seconds Most positive value from at least three attempts that vary less than 20% is recorded - correct answer MEP technique Larger than MIP in healthy patients - correct answer MEP is usually Multiple sclerosis Spinal Injury Myasthenia gravis Post polio syndrome