What Are the Most Common Causes of a Decrease in Venous

question 11

Multiple Choice

What are the most common causes of a decrease in venous return in ECMO?
I.Hypovolemic state
II.Malpositioning of the venous cannula
III.Kinking of the cannula
IV.Shifting of the mediastinum

• A)I and III only
• B)II and III only
• C)I,II,and III only
• D)I,II,III,and IV

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion of a dataset relative to its mean, indicating how spread out the data points are.

Unbiased Estimates

Refers to statistical estimates that are expected to be equal to the true values of the parameter being estimated, showing no systematic error.

Population Estimates

Calculations that infer the number of individuals in a population at a certain time.

Variability

How much the data points in a statistical distribution or dataset deviate from the mean or average.