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A client with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is on a ventilator. The client's peak inspiratory pressures and spontaneous respiratory rate are increasing, and the PO2 is not improving. Using the SBAR (Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation) technique for communication, the nurse calls the physician with the recommendation for:

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Rationale: Increasing peak pressures, respiratory rate, and poor PO2 suggest agitation or asynchrony; I.V. sedation improves ventilator synchrony. Diet and pain medication are irrelevant. Increasing ventilator rate may worsen lung injury.

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