Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). The team wants an inspired oxygen of about 41% by nasal cannula. Using the rule of thumb FiO₂ ≈ 21% + 4% per L/min, what flow Q does it suggest? (Real FiO₂ varies with the patient's breathing.)
Oxygen therapy & respiratory calculations worksheet with answers
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient breathes 16 times a minute with a tidal volume of 710 mL. Find the minute ventilation V̇E in L/min.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A ventilated patient who meets the other Berlin criteria for ARDS has PaO₂ 95 mmHg (12.7 kPa) on 30% oxygen with a PEEP of 6 cmH₂O. Calculate the P/F ratio and click the ARDS severity.
- 1above 300: no ARDS grade
- 2mild
- 3moderate
- 4severe
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A ventilated patient who meets the other Berlin criteria for ARDS has PaO₂ 84 mmHg (11.2 kPa) on 90% oxygen with a PEEP of 6 cmH₂O. Calculate the P/F ratio and click the ARDS severity.
- 1above 300: no ARDS grade
- 2mild
- 3moderate
- 4severe
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient with acute hypoxaemia and bilateral opacities, not explained by heart failure, has PaO₂ 9.3 kPa on 45% oxygen with a PEEP of 12 cmH₂O. Grade the ARDS severity with the Berlin definition. Click your answer.
- 1above 300: no ARDS grade
- 2mild
- 3moderate
- 4severe
- 5not gradable: PEEP below 5
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient with acute hypoxaemia and bilateral opacities, not explained by heart failure, has PaO₂ 7.7 kPa on 100% oxygen with a PEEP of 12 cmH₂O. Grade the ARDS severity with the Berlin definition. Click your answer.
- 1above 300: no ARDS grade
- 2mild
- 3moderate
- 4severe
- 5not gradable: PEEP below 5
Answer key
- 1. Q = 5 L/min
- 2. V̇E = 11.36 L/min
- 3. above 300: no ARDS grade
- 4. severe
- 5. moderate
- 6. severe
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