Oxygen therapy & respiratory calculations worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
0123456L/minFiO₂ ≈ ?21% + 4%·L/min

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient receives oxygen by nasal cannula at 4 L/min. Using FiO₂ ≈ 21% + 4% per L/min, estimate the inspired oxygen FiO₂ in percent.

4 L/min
FiO₂ = %
2.Easy
60 s460 mLf = 31/min · V̇E = ?

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient breathes 31 times a minute with a tidal volume of 460 mL. Find the minute ventilation V̇E in L/min.

VT 460 mL31/min
V̇E = L/min
3.Medium
600psiEf = 0.28 L/psi3 L/minresidual 200 psit = ? min

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.

600 psif = 0.28 L/psi3 L/min200 psi
t = min
4.Medium
Hb104 g/LSaO₂98%PaO₂107 mmHgCaO₂?

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient has Hb 104 g/L, SaO₂ 98% and PaO₂ 107 mmHg (14.3 kPa). Find the arterial oxygen content CaO₂ = 1.34 × Hb (g/dL) × SaO₂ + 0.003 × PaO₂ (mmHg) in mL O₂/dL.

Hb 104 g/LSaO₂ 98%PaO₂ 107 mmHg (14.3 kPa)
CaO₂ = mL/dL
5.Hard
Hb147 g/LSaO₂95%PaO₂75 mmHgCaO₂mL/dL× CO3.1 L/minDO₂?

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient has Hb 147 g/L, SaO₂ 95%, PaO₂ 75 mmHg (10.0 kPa) and a cardiac output of 3.1 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.

Hb 147 g/LSaO₂ 95%PaO₂ 75 mmHg (10.0 kPa)CO 3.1 L/min
DO₂ = mL/min
6.Hard
93 kg181 cm♀6 mL/kg PBWVT​ = ? mL

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A ventilated woman is 181 cm tall and weighs 93 kg. Lung-protective ventilation is set at 6 mL per kg of predicted body weight. Using PBW = 45.5 + 0.91 × (height cm − 152.4) kg, find the tidal volume VT to the nearest mL.

181 cm93 kg6 mL/kg
VT = mL

Answer key

  1. 1. FiO₂ = 37 %
  2. 2. V̇E = 14.26 L/min
  3. 3. t = 37 min
  4. 4. CaO₂ = 13.98 mL/dL
  5. 5. DO₂ = 587.1 mL/min
  6. 6. VT = 429 mL

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