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CSC Cardiac Nursing Subspecialty

Category - Intervention

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The nurse is assessing the tests of a patient with a diagnosis of acute right-sided heart failure. What parameter would be elevated in right-sided heart failure?

Central venous pressure (CVP)
Cardiac output
Left-ventricular end-diastolic pressure
Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP)

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Answer: A - When looking at the parameters for a patient with a diagnosis of right-sided heart failure, the CVP would be elevated. The CVP describes the amount of blood that is returning to the heart and is a measure of the pressure of the blood in the thoracic vena cava.

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