Respiratory Therapist

Category - Initiation and Modification of Interventions

What therapeutic gas mixture is used to treat hypoventilation and to augment lung inflation?
  1. Nitric oxide
  2. Carbogen
  3. Heliox
  4. Carbon dioxide
Explanation
Answer: B-Carbogen is the therapeutic gas mixture used to treat hypoventilation and to augment lung inflation.

Carbogen is a concentration of less than 10% carbon dioxide. This acts as a respiratory stimulant as the increased carbon dioxide inspires the patient to breathe. Side effects are headache, palpitations, hypertension, dizziness, tremors, and mental depression.
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