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Title: A nurse is reading a client's medical record and notes that the client's cardiac output (CO) is ... Post by: jshuo on Jan 24, 2018 A nurse is reading a client's medical record and notes that the client's cardiac output (CO) is listed as 5 L/min. Which calculation was used to determine the CO?
1. Heart rate (beats/min) / stroke volume (mL/beat). 2. Systolic blood pressure heart rate (beats/min). 3. Systolic blood pressure diastolic blood pressure. 4. Stroke volume (mL/beat) heart rate (beats/min). Title: A nurse is reading a client's medical record and notes that the client's cardiac output (CO) is ... Post by: Bilanzichj on Jan 24, 2018 Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: This is not the correct method of calculating cardiac output. Rationale 2: This is not the correct method of calculating cardiac output. Rationale 3: This is the correct method for determining pulse pressure, not cardiac output. Rationale 4: CO = stroke volume (mL/beat) heart rate (beats/min). Global Rationale: CO = stroke volume (mL/beat) heart rate (beats/min). The other equations are not appropriate for calculating cardiac output. |