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Mechanically Ventilated Patient Case Study 27 Last document update:   ago

NU 460 Mechanically Ventilated Patient P.W., a 33-year-old woman diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), is being cared for on a special ventilator unit of an extended care facility because she requires 24-hour-a-day nursing coverage. She has been intubated and mechanically ventilated for 3 weeks and has shown no signs of improvement in respiratory muscle strength. Her ventilator settings are assist-control (A/C) of 12 breaths/min, tidal volume (V T ) 700 mL, FiO 2 0.50, and positive end...