The data on the following ventilator flow sheet for a patient being ventilated in the volume-controlled continuous mandatory ventilation (VC-CMV) mode demonstrates which of the following? 
A) Airway resistance is increasing.
B) Lung compliance is decreasing.
C) Dynamic compliance is increasing.
D) Water is accumulating in the patient circuit.
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