Mean airway pressures can be increased by which of the following factors?
1. Increasing the inspiratory time
2. Increasing compliance
3. Increasing level of PEEP
4. Changing from a square to a decelerating ramp waveform
a. 1, 2, and 3 only
b. 1, 3, and 4 only
c. 2 and 4 only
d. 1, 2, 3, and 4
ANS: B
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