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CCRN Critical Care Nursing

Category - Adult

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You are attending to an 87 year old female, when a physician assistant states that your patients cardiac output is decreasing. Why is cardiac output important?

for monitoring EKG rhythms
for monitoring electrolytes
for monitoring central venous pressure
for determining blood pressure

Explanation

Answer: D - Cardiac output is important for helping determine blood pressure. Blood pressure is calculated as the cardiac output (i.e. stroke volume multiplied by heart rate) multiplied by the peripheral resistance in the body.

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