The primary advantage of using low tidal volume or permissive hypercapnia is to minimize the airway pressures and to reduce the risk for ____.

A. overdistention
B. air trapping
C. volutrauma
D. barotrauma


Answer: D

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a. Too long b. Produced in inadequate amounts c. Structurally altered d. Missing

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Which numbered item in the diagram is the fourth step in wrapping instruments for sterilization? 



A. 5
B. 1
C. 7
D. 4
E. 2

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The ________ is a thin bone that divides the nasal cavity.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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