Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient receives oxygen by nasal cannula at 5 L/min. Using FiO₂ ≈ 21% + 4% per L/min, estimate the inspired oxygen FiO₂ in percent.
Oxygen therapy & respiratory calculations worksheet with answers
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). The gauge on a size H oxygen cylinder reads 500 psi. Its cylinder factor is 3.14 L/psi. How many litres V can be used before the safe residual of 200 psi is reached?
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A size E oxygen cylinder (factor 0.28 L/psi) reads 600 psi and runs at 3 L/min. Keeping a safe residual of 200 psi, how many minutes t will it last? Round down to a whole minute.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A size H oxygen cylinder (factor 3.14 L/psi) reads 1550 psi and runs at 12 L/min. Keeping a safe residual of 200 psi, how many minutes t will it last? Round down to a whole minute.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient with acute hypoxaemia and bilateral opacities, not explained by heart failure, has PaO₂ 15.2 kPa on 50% oxygen with a PEEP of 6 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 has Hb 105 g/L, SaO₂ 91%, PaO₂ 61 mmHg (8.1 kPa) and a cardiac output of 3.5 L/min. With CaO₂ = 1.34 × Hb (g/dL) × SaO₂ + 0.003 × PaO₂ (mmHg), find the oxygen delivery DO₂ = CaO₂ × CO × 10 in mL/min.
Answer key
- 1. FiO₂ = 41 %
- 2. V = 942 L
- 3. t = 37 min
- 4. t = 353 min
- 5. mild
- 6. DO₂ = 454.5 mL/min
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