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whileAreviewingAtheAscoringAreport,AtheAtechAnoticedAthatAtheAlowestASpO2Ais
AlistedAasA0%AwhatAshouldAtheAtechAdoAnext?
a.AreviewAtheAstudy,AandAlableAbadAdataAwhereAtheApluseAoximeterAfalied.
b.AdoAnothingAasAtheAreportAisAaccurate.A
c.ArescheduleAtheAptAforAaArepeatAstudyAbecasueAofAcorruptedAdata.
d.AcheckAtheApulseAoxAbeforeAattemptingAtoAgenerateAtheAreportAagain.A-
AAnswerAA.AReviewAtheAStudyAandAappropiatelyAlableAanyAbadAdataAwhereAth
eApulseAoximeterAfailed.AwhenAgeneratingAaAreportAtheAdataAacquiredAwillAbe
ApluggedAdirectlyAintoAtheAformulaAusedAtoAcreateAtheAreportAsummary.AallAd
ataAthatAareAaAresultAofAfaultyAequipmentAorApatientsAremovingAitemsAshould
AbeAappropriatelyAlabeledAsoAtahtAtheAdataAdoAnotAthrowAoffAtheAaccuracyAof
AtheAscoringAreport.
DuringAaAmultipleAsleepAlatencyAtestA(mslt)AhowAisAsleepAonsetAdefined?
a.AthreeAorAmoreAepochsAofAstageAN1AorAaAsingleAepochAofAtheAothereAsleep
Astages
b.AwhenAspindlesAareAseen
c.AtheAfirstA30AsecondAepochAinAwhichAalphaAbeginsAtoAsupside.A
d.AtheAfirstA30AsecondAepochAinAwhichAthereAisAmoreAthanA15Asec.AofAcumula
tiveAsleep.A-
AAnswerAD.AinAaAMSLT,AsleepAonsetAisAtheAfirstA30AsecondAepochAinAwhichAth
ereAisAmoreAthanA15Asec.AofAcumulativeAsleep.AforAtheApurposesAofAdetermini
ngAhowAlongAtheAMSLtAnapAwillAlastAandAsleepAlatency,AsleepAonsetAisAdefine
dAasAtheAfirstAspochAthatAhasAmoreAthanA50%AofAanyAstageAofAsleepAinAin.A
ArousalsAandAinterruptionsAdoAonAnegateAtheApossiblitityAofAsleepAonsetAasAlo
ngAasAtheA15Asec.AofAtotalAsleepAisAreachedAwithinAtahtA30AsecondAepoch.
whereAareAtheAreferenceAelectrodesAM1AandAM2AplacedAonAtheAhead?
a.AonAtheAearlobes
b.AonAeitherAsideAofAtheACzAelecrodesAplacement
c.AinAtheApreauricularAareaAbehindAtheAear
, d.AbothAAAandACA-
AAnswerAD.AbothAAAandAC.ATheAmostAcommonAplacementAisAtheApreauricularAl
ocationAbehindAtheAears.AforApatientsAwithAandAabundanceAofAfatAtissueAorAa
ndAexceptionalAEEGAarifact,AM1AandAM2AcanAbeAattachedAtoAtheAearlobesAinst
ead.ATheAitegrityAofAtheAentireAEEGAforAtheAstudyAreliesAonAtheAproperAplace
mentAofAtheseAreferenceAelectrodes.
TrueAstatementsAaboutAtheAprocessAofAbiocalibrationsAincludeAofAtheAtheAflollo
wingAEXCEPT
a.AtheAptAshouldAbeAsupineAandAstillAthroughtoutAbiocalibrations
b.AtheAtech'sAnotesAshouldAreflectAtheAmovements,AmadeAbyAtheApt.A
c.AbiocalibrationsAareAdoneAatAtheAbeginingAofAtheAstudyAonly.
d.AnasalAandAorealAbreathingAareAdoneAonAtheANPSGsAonly,A-
AAnswerAC.AbiocalibrationsAareAdoneAatAtheAbeginingAandAtheAendAofAeveryAs
tudy.AptsAshouldAbeAaskedAtoAlieAsupineAandAstillAduringAtheAprocess.AEachA
moementsAsohouldAeAlabeledAxoeewxelyAinArhwAstudyAtoAreflectAtheAmovement
AtheAptAwasAaskedAtoAperform.ANasalAandAoralAbreathingAareAonlyAdoneAonA
theANPSGAasAaAmeansAtoAconfermthatAtheAthermistorAandApressureAtransducer
AairflowAcannulaAareAfunctioningAcorrectly.
PtsAwholAsufferAformAfrequentAsinusAinfectionsAshouldAbeAadviedANOTAtoAwear
AwhichAofAtheAfollowingAmasks?
a.ANasalAmasks
b.Anasal-pillows
c.AfullAfaceA
d.AallAofAtheAabove.A-AAnswerAB.Anasal-
pillowAmasksAdeliverAtheAwholeAofAPAPApressureAintoAtheAnasalApassagesAan
dAdirectlyAintoAtheAsinusesAatAtheAbackAotAtheAnose.AForAptsAwhoAhaveAsasily
AirritatedAsinusesAandAnasalApassages,AtheAnasal-
pillowAdesignAcausesAthemAalotAofAdiscomfort.APtsAshouldAbeAscreenedAforAsin
usAissuesAbeforeAdeterminingAtheAappropriateAmaskAselection.
whatAisAtheArecommendedAminimum/maximumAdifferentialAforAIPAPAandAEPAP
AsettingsAduringAaABiPAPAtitration?
a.A4-6AcmAapart