When Monitoring for the Effectiveness of Treatment for a Patient

question 29

Multiple Choice

When monitoring for the effectiveness of treatment for a patient with left ventricular failure, the most important information for the nurse to obtain is

• A) mean arterial pressure (MAP).
• B) systemic vascular resistance (SVR).
• C) pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR).
• D) pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP).

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