During volume-controlled continuous mandatory ventilation, should either compliance decrease or airway resistance (Raw) increase, what will happen?
a. The peak airway pressure will decrease.
b. The inspiratory flow will increase.
c. The peak airway pressure will increase.
d. The inspiratory time will decrease.
ANS: C
Should compliance decrease or airway resistance increase, the pressure needed to deliver the volume increases.
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