A 65-Year-Old Man with a History of Congestive Heart Failure

question 66

Multiple Choice

A 65-year-old man with a history of congestive heart failure is hospitalized with chest pain and hypotension requiring admission to the cardiac care unit.  An intra-arterial line is placed for direct blood pressure monitoring.  Consecutive readings of his intra-arterial blood pressure are 75, 110, 80, 90, 75, and 110 mm Hg.  Which of the following represents the median of these blood pressure readings?

• A)80 mm Hg
• B)85 mm Hg
• C)90 mm Hg
• D)100 mm Hg
• E)110 mm Hg

Learn the applications and implications of specified and unspecified geometric tolerances.

Comprehend the importance of the virtual condition in dimensioning and tolerancing.

Identify the role and application of modifiers in tolerance specifications.

Understand the concept of feature size and its relevance to geometric tolerancing.

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