You Are Performing Jugular Venous Pressure Measurement for Your Patient

question 21

Multiple Choice

You are performing jugular venous pressure measurement for your patient in heart failure. You see a pulse wave with the patient's head elevated at a 45-degree angle. Your action as a result of this assessment is to:

• A) record this measurement as less than 9 cm H₂O pressure.
• B) record this measurement as more than 9 cm H₂O pressure.
• C) confirm that the pulsations decrease with inspirations.
• D) confirm that the pulsations increase with inspirations.

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Definitions:

Height of the Curve

In statistics, this typically refers to the peak point of a probability distribution curve, indicating the most probable outcome.

Continuous Random Variable

A type of random variable that can take an infinite number of possible values within a given range.

Normal Distribution

Refers to a probability distribution that is symmetric around the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.

Z-score

A statistical measurement that describes a value's relationship to the mean of a group of values, normalized to standard deviation units.