How early diagnosis could improve health outcomes for affected babies

Maintaining a healthy weight allows the respiratory system to work more effectively because a. oxygen is being delivered more adequately. b. the heart does not have to pump as forcefully. c. the capillaries are constricted. d. the lung capacity allows for small amounts of air.

What is true about the roles you have in your family?family roles only exist within a household. roles you have are the same even outside of the home. roles remain the same despite changing age. roles you have change with age, experience, and knowledge.

A92-year-old man with a 45-year history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is intubated in the icu because of a bout of viral pneumonia that fails to improve after 72 hours of antibiotics. although the inspired fraction of oxygen is 100%, the patient's po2 remains at 57 mmhg. positive-end expiratory pressure (peep) is added to allow the inspired fraction of oxygen. twelve hours after the introduction of peep the patient suddenly become hypotensive. at the same time, his oxygen saturation drops from 92% to 61%. on physical examination, his bp is 80/50 mmhg and his pulse is 124/min. he has distended neck veins and distant heart sounds. which of the following would also most likely be seen on this patient's physical examination? - absence of breath sounds in the right hemithorax- high amplitude carotid artery upstroke- a pleural friction rub- pulsus alternans- splenomegaly