Patients receive the MOST benefit from continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP):
A. during the inhalation phase.
B. during the exhalation phase.
C. if their respiratory rate is greater than 30 breaths/min.
D. when the PEEP setting is at least 10 cm/H2O.
Ans: B. during the exhalation phase.
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