Airway & Resp. care
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- What is the best position for post-craniotomy
- supine
- What is the best position for hypoxic patients, obese patients with dyspnea, post op abdominal and pulmonary edema
- Fowlers or semi fowlers
- What is the best position to prevent aspiration
- lateral flat
- What are the hazards of suctining
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1. Trauma to mucosa (most common)
2. hypoxemia
3. bradycardia - What are post-extubation complications
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1. Tracheomalacia
2. Tracheostenosis - What is a hazard of aerosol therapy
- Fluid overload (CHF, renal failure, and esp. infants
- What are the mucolytic agents
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1. Acetylcysteine
2. Dornase Alpha - What are the surface active agents
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1. Sodium bicarbonate
2. ethanol - What are the wetting agents
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1. water
2. hypertonic saline - What are the asthmatic prophylactic agents
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1. cromolyn sodium
2. nedocromil - What is the major decongestant
- Racemic Epinephrine
- What are the major goals of 02 therapy
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-decrease work of breathing
- decrease work of the heard - Hypoxemias effects of the circulatory system will result in
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- pulmonary vasoconstriction (shunting
- tachycardia - What is a major sign of O2 toxicity
- substernal chest pain andtightness
- What are the msjor gram positive cocci
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-staphylococcus (spread by poor hand washing
- streptococcus