First I'd like to say how glad I am I found this site, everyone is SO helpful! :)
I'm doing a case study right now and I'm getting stuck on a question about ventilator settings. I've looked through my book and online and just can't seem to find what I'm looking for. I was given the following ABG results for the patient:
HEMODYNAMICS pH 7.38
PO2 96 mmHg
PCO2 24 mmHg
HCO3 16 mmol/L
SaO2 96%
And these are the current ventilator settings:
HEMODYNAMICS IMV 10
Vt 1000 mL
FIO2 90%
PEEP 5 cm
The question is asking me based on these results should the ventilator settings be adjusted and if so what would I recommend? I do know that these are abnormal results so the settings would need to be changed but how? We have not done anything with ventilators in class yet and there really isn't anything in the book that says if certain values are low ____ should be done.
Can anyone offer any insight? Or maybe there is a good website with ventilator setting parameters that I'm not finding?
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