A Patient with Left-Sided Heart Failure Is Hospitalized with Pulmonary

question 18

Multiple Choice

A patient with left-sided heart failure is hospitalized with pulmonary edema.The nurse providing this patient's care would consider which physiology when explaining this disorder to the patient's family?

• A)The normally high-pressure pulmonary circuit can damage lung tissue and cause pulmonary edema.
• B)Since pulmonary veins have no valves,blood can back up into the lungs causing pulmonary edema.
• C)The oxygen-rich blood that enters the pulmonary circuit tends to increase pressures in the tissue,causing pulmonary edema.
• D)The arteries of the pulmonary circuit are single layer.

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