VTNE Question of the day

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May 9, 2025

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What might happen if you push the oxygen flush button on an anesthetic machine with the pop-off valve open during an anesthetic procedure?

A - The patient may start to wake up

B - Oxygen is flushed out of the system

C - The patient will go to a deeper anesthetic plane

D - Anesthetic gas concentration goes up in the breathing circuit

E - Flow rate increases