A patient has acute pulmonary edema from left-sided heart failure and acute hypoxemic respiratory failure that has not responded to conventional pharmacologic and oxygen therapy.As the next line of therapy,the respiratory therapist should recommend which of the following?
A) Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation
B) Continuous positive airway pressure
C) Intubation and mechanical ventilation
D) Bronchial hygiene therapy
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