Head Injury And Icp
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Relationship between head injuries and an increase in ICP
Questions and Answers
- 1.Cerebral perfusion pressure is the difference between mean arterial pressure and intracranial pressure.
- A.
TRUE
- B.
FALSE
- 2.What mode of ventilation is used in initial mechanical ventilator settings for a head injury patient?
- A.
SIMV
- B.
IMV
- C.
PEEP
- D.
A/C
- 3.Increases in PaCO2 and PaO2 result in increases in ICP,
- A.
TRUE
- B.
FALSE
- 4.Management of acute head injury involves both __________ and ___________management.
- 5.Please describe noncardiogenic pulmonary edema.
- 6.What are the clinical findings in patients with increased ICP?
- 7.Apnea test is conducted to diagnose:
- A.
CENTRAL APNEA
- B.
OBSTRUCTIVE APNEA
- C.
EUPNEA
- D.
BRAIN DEATH
- 8.Some head injured patients develop a form of ARDS called __________ __________ edema.
- 9.When initially ventilating patients with head injury the Vt should be set to_________ predicted body weight.l
- A.
10-14 mL/kg
- B.
8-12 mL/kg
- C.
12-14 mL/kg
- D.
5-10 mL/kg
- 10.When initially ventilating patients with head injury FIO2 should be set to
- A.
45%
- B.
60%
- C.
70%
- D.
30%
- E.
100%
- 11.Weaning should not be considered until respiratory depressant therapy is no longer required.
- A.
TRUE
- B.
FALSE
- 12.It is OK to suction a head injury patient as it does not do him/her any harm.
- A.
TRUE
- B.
FALSE
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