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Paralysis Maintenance in Ventilated Patients

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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

Study Notes

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.