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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).
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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.
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