An Alert and Oriented Patient Presents with a Pulmonary Artery

question 10

Multiple Choice

An alert and oriented patient presents with a pulmonary artery wedge pressure of 4 mm Hg and a cardiac index of 0.8.The BUN is 44 mg/dL, creatinine is 3.2 mg/dL, and BP is 88/36 mm Hg.Urine output is 15 mL/hr.Lungs are clear to auscultation with no peripheral edema noted.Which of the following treatments would the physician most likely order?

• A) Lasix 40 mg intravenous push
• B) 0.9% normal saline at 125 mL/hr
• C) Dopamine 15 mg/kg/min
• D) Transfuse 1 U of packed red blood cells

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