A physician orders intubation and mechanical ventilation in the continuous mandatory ventilation assist-control mode for a 125-lb adult woman with normal lungs. Which of the following initial settings would you recommend?

Rate VT
a. 10 breaths/min 550 ml
b. 14 breaths/min 400 ml
c. 18 breaths/min 450 ml
d. 12 breaths/min 470 ml


ANS: B

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