A Patient Has Been on the Medical Floor for 1

question 24

Multiple Choice

A patient has been on the medical floor for 1 week after a vaginal hysterectomy.A urinary catheter was inserted.Complete blood cell count results have revealed escalating white blood cell counts.The patient is transferred to the critical care unit when her condition deteriorates.Septic shock is diagnosed.A pulmonary artery catheter is placed.Which of the following hemodynamic values would you expect to find?

• A) Cardiac output of 8 L/min
• B) Right atrial pressure of 17 mm Hg
• C) Pulmonary artery wedge pressure of 23 mm Hg
• D) Systemic vascular resistance of 1100

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