Mechanical Ventilation

Case 5

A 65 year-old man was admitted to the ICU with pneumonia and was intubated when he developed progressive hypoxemia. He has been on the ventilator for 5 days and has generally been tolerating this therapy well. The nurse calls you because he has all of a sudden become severely agitated and appears to be fighting the ventilator. She asks if she can increase the infusion rates on his midazolam and fentanyl drips for sedation.

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