You are using a ventilator circuit that has a tubing compliance of 4 mL/cmH2O. The peak pressure is 30 cmH2O, and the measured exhaled volume is 760 mL. What is the corrected volume?
A) 760 mL
B) 756 mL
C) 730 mL
D) 640 mL
D
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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