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Decreased minute ventilation
Increased ventilation/perfusion ratio
Decreased venous admixture
Decreased inspired oxygen pressure
facial and head trauma.
community-acquired pneumonia.
copious, viscous sputum.
severe upper GI bleeding.
The VD/VT would increase and the ?/? would decrease.
The VD/VT would decrease and the ?/? would increase.
The VD/VT and the ?/? ratios would both increase.
The VD/VT and the ?/? ratios would both decrease.
impending ventilatory failure.
apnea.
severe refractory hypoxemia.
acute ventilatory failure.