A patient has a body temperature of 40° C. How should the initial minute ventilation setting be adjusted?
a. Increase it by 15%.
b. Decrease it by 18%.
c. Decrease it by 25%.
d. Increase it by 30%.
ANS: D
Minute ventilation (VE) would have to be increased by 10% for each degree above 37° C.
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