The nurse is concerned that a patient, being mechanically ventilated, is at risk for developing barotrauma. The type of cycling mechanism that the ventilator is providing would be
1. pressure.
2. time.
3. flow.
4. volume.
4
Rationale: Volume-cycled ventilation delivers a preset volume of gas to the lungs. Volume ventilation has the potential to generate high pressures, especially in less compliant lungs in order to deliver the set volume which increases the risk of barotrauma. The other types of cycling mechanisms do not have the same risk.
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