A Patient Is Admitted to the Cardiac Care Unit with an Acute

question 9

Multiple Choice

A patient is admitted to the cardiac care unit with an acute anterior myocardial infarction.The nurse assesses the patient to be diaphoretic and tachypneic,with bilateral crackles throughout both lung fields.Following insertion of a pulmonary artery catheter by the physician,which hemodynamic values is the nurse most likely to assess?

• A) High pulmonary artery diastolic pressure and low cardiac output
• B) Low pulmonary artery occlusive pressure and low cardiac output
• C) Low systemic vascular resistance and high cardiac output
• D) Normal cardiac output and low systemic vascular resistance

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