Paralysis Maintenance in Ventilated Patients
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What is a primary benefit of maintaining paralysis in mechanically ventilated patients?

  • Increase mean arterial pressure
  • Increase oxygenation
  • Enhance cardiac output
  • Decrease airway resistance (correct)
  • Which of the following patients may benefit from paralysis maintenance to decrease metabolic demands?

  • Those with severe hypotension
  • Those with hyperthermia (correct)
  • Those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
  • Those with cardiac arrest
  • What is another indication for paralysis maintenance in patients?

  • To prevent decreased ICP
  • To increase respiratory rate
  • To increase cardiac output
  • To prevent increased ICP (correct)
  • In which patient population may paralysis maintenance be particularly useful in reducing ventilator pressures?

    <p>Patients requiring high ventilator pressures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary goal of paralysis maintenance in patients with increased ICP?

    <p>To prevent further increase in ICP</p> Signup and view all the answers

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    Paralysis Maintenance Indications

    • Decreasing airway resistance by paralyzing patients to reduce ventilator pressures and prevent over-breathing
    • Preventing increased intracranial pressure (ICP) in patients
    • Managing hyperthermic patients, where paralysis can help decrease metabolic demands
    • Any patient where decreased metabolic demands are desirable

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    This quiz covers the indications for paralysis maintenance in ventilated patients, including decreasing airway resistance and ventilator pressures, preventing increased intracranial pressure, and reducing metabolic demands in hyperthermic patients.

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