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A 69-year-old client in the medical intensive care unit has been diagnosed with acute respiratory distress and altered mental status. The client’s medical history includes asthma, hypertension, and diabetes. She is intubated and receiving multiple vasopressor medications for hypotension. At 1200 hours: The client’s ventilator alarm sounds with the high-pressure alarm, and is found to be agitated, unresponsive to commands, demonstrating extreme facial grimaces localized to pain, an...
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