Mechanical
Ventilation, 6th
Edition, J M Cairo
,Chapterhl01:hlBasichlTermshlandhlConceptshlofhlMechanicalhlVentilation
Cairo:hlPilbeam’shlMechanicalhlVentilation:hlPhysiologicalhlandhlClinicalhlApplications,hl6
thhlEdition
MULTIPLEhlCHOIC
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1. Thehlbody’shlmechanismhlforhlconductinghlairhlinhlandhlouthlofhlthehllungshlishlknownhlashlwh
ichhlofhlthehlfollowing?
a. Externalhlrespiration
b. Internalhlrespiration
c. Spontaneoushlventilation
d. Mechanicalhlventilation
ANS:h l C
Thehlconductionhlofhlairhlinhlandhlouthlofhlthehlbodyhlishlknownhlashlventilation.hlSincehlthehlque
stionhlaskshlforhlthehlbody’shlmechanism,hlthishlwouldhlbehlspontaneoushlventilation.hlExternalhl
respirationhlinvolveshlthehlexchangehlofhloxygenhl(O2)hlandhlcarbonhldioxidehl(CO2)hlbetweenhlt
hehlalveolihlandhlthehlpulmonaryhlcapillaries.hlInternalhlrespirationhloccurshlathlthehlcellularhlleve
lhlandhlinvolveshlmovementhlofhloxygenhlfromhlthehlsystemichlbloodhlintohlthehlcells.
REF:h l h l pg.hl2
2. Whichhlofhlthehlfollowinghlarehlinvolvedhlinhlexternalhlrespiration?
a. Redhlbloodhlcellshlandhlbodyhlcells
b. Scaleneshlandhltrapeziushlmuscles
c. Alveolihlandhlpulmonaryhlcapillaries
d. Externalhlobliquehlandhltransversehlabdominalhlmuscles
ANS:h l C
Externalhlrespirationhlinvolveshlthehlexchangehlofhloxygenhlandhlcarbonhldioxidehl(CO2)hlbetwee
nhlthehlalveolihlandhlthehlpulmonaryhlcapillaries.hlInternalhlrespirationhloccurshlathlthehlcellularhll
evelhlandhlinvolveshlmovementhlofhloxygenhlfromhlthehlsystemichlbloodhlintohlthehlcells.hlScalen
ehlandhltrapeziushlmuscleshlarehlaccessoryhlmuscleshlofhlinspiration.hlExternalhlobliquehlandhltra
nsversehlabdominalhlmuscleshlarehlaccessoryhlmuscleshlofhlexpiration.
REF:h l h l pg.hl2
3. Thehlgraphhlthathlshowshlintrapleuralhlpressurehlchangeshlduringhlnormalhlspontaneoushlbreat
hinghlishldepictedhlbyhlwhichhlofhlthehlfollowing?
a.
, b.
c.
d.
ANS:h l B
Duringhlspontaneoushlbreathing,hlthehlintrapleuralhlpressurehldropshlfromhlabouthl 5hlcmhlH2Ohlathl
end-hlexpirationhltohlabouthl 10hlcmhlH2Ohlathlend-
inspiration.hlThehlgraphhldepictedhlforhlanswerhlBhlshowshlthathlchangehlfromhl 5hlcmhlH2Ohltohl
10hlcmhlH2O.
REF:h l h l pg.hl3
4. Duringhlspontaneoushlinspirationhlalveolarhlpressurehl(PA)hlishlabout:hl .
a. 1hlcmhlH2O
b.h l h l +1hlcmhlH2O
c. 0hlcmhlH2O
d. 5hlcmhlH2O
ANS:h l A
1hlcmhlH2Ohlishlthehllowesthlalveolarhlpressurehlwillhlbecomehlduringhlnormalhlspontaneoushlv
entilation.hlDuringhlthehlexhalationhlofhlahlnormalhlspontaneoushlbreathhlthehlalveolarhlpressurehl
willhlbecomehl+1hlcmhlH2O.
REF:h l h l pg.hl4
5. Thehlpressurehlrequiredhltohlmaintainhlalveolarhlinflationhlishlknownhlashlwhichhlofhlthehlfollowin
g?
a. Transairwayhlpressurehl(PTA)
b. Transthoracichlpressurehl(PTT)
c. Transrespiratoryhlpressurehl(PTR)
d. Transpulmonaryhlpressurehl(PL)
ANS:h l D
, Thehldefinitionhlofhltranspulmonaryhlpressurehl(PL)hlishlthehlpressurehlrequiredhltohlmaintainhlalv
eolarhlinflation.hlTransairwayhlpressurehl(PTA)hlishlthehlpressurehlgradienthlrequiredhltohlproducehla
irflowhlinhlthehlconductinghltubes.hlTransrespiratoryhlpressurehl(PTR)hlishlthehlpressurehltohlinflat
ehlthehllungshlandhlairwayshlduringhlpositive-
pressurehlventilation.hlTransthoracichlpressurehl(PTT)hlrepresentshlthehlpressurehlrequiredhltohlex
pandhlorhlcontracthlthehllungshlandhlthehlchesthlwallhlathlthehlsamehltime.
REF:h l h l pg.hl4
6. Calculatehlthehlpressurehlneededhltohlovercomehlairwayhlresistancehlduringhlpositive-
pressurehlventilationhlwhenhlthehlproximalhlairwayhlpressurehl(PAw)hlishl35hlcmhlH2Ohlandhlthehl
alveolarhlpressurehl(PA)hlishl5hlcmhlH2O.
a. 7hlcmhlH2O
b. 30hlcmhlH2O
c. 40hlcmhlH2O
d. 175hlcmhlH2O
ANS:h l B
Thehltransairwayhlpressurehl(PTA)hlishlusedhltohlcalculatehlthehlpressurehlrequiredhltohlovercomehla
irwayhlresistancehlduringhlmechanicalhlventilation.hlThishlformulahlishlPTAhl=hlPawhl-hlPA.
REF:h l h l pg.hl4
7. Thehltermhlusedhltohldescribehlthehltendencyhlofhlahlstructurehltohlreturnhltohlitshloriginalhlformhl
afterhlbeinghlstretchedhlorhlactedhlonhlbyhlanhloutsidehlforcehlishlwhichhlofhlthehlfollowing?
a. Elastance
b. Compliance
c. Viscoushlresistance
d. Distendinghlpressure
ANS:h l A
Thehlelastancehlofhlahlstructurehlishlthehltendencyhlofhlthathlstructurehltohlreturnhltohlitshloriginalhls
hapehlafterhlbeinghlstretched.hlThehlmorehlelastancehlahlstructurehlhas,hlthehlmorehldifficulthlithlis
hltohlstretch.hlThehlcompliancehlofhlahlstructurehlishlthehleasehlwithhlwhichhlthehlstructurehldistend
shlorhlstretches.
Compliancehlishlthehloppositehlofhlelastance.hlViscoushlresistancehlishlthehloppositionhltohlmove
menthlofferedhlbyhladjacenthlstructureshlsuchhlashlthehllungshlandhltheirhladjacenthlorgans.hlDisten
dinghlpressurehlishlpressurehlrequiredhltohlmaintainhlinflation,hlforhlexample,hlalveolarhldistendi
nghlpressure.
REF:h l h l pg.hl5
8. Calculatehlthehlpressurehlrequiredhltohlachievehlahltidalhlvolumehlofhl400hlmLhlforhlanhlintubate
dhlpatienthlwithhlahlrespiratoryhlsystemhlcompliancehlofhl15hlmL/cmhlH2O.
a. 6hlcmhlH2O
b. 26.7hlcmhlH2O
c. 37.5hlcmhlH2O
d. 41.5hlcmhlH2O
ANS:h l B
Chl=hl V/ Phlthenhl Phl=hl V/ C
REF:h l h l pg.hl5