A Healthcare Provider Is Assessing a Patient Who Has a Pericardial

question 36

Multiple Choice

A healthcare provider is assessing a patient who has a pericardial effusion and notes a pulsus paradoxus. A student asks for an explanation of how this occurs. What description by the professional is best?

• A)Diastolic filling pressures of the right ventricle and reduction of blood volume in both ventricles
• B)Blood ejected from the right atrium and reduction of blood volume in the right ventricle
• C)Blood ejected from the left atrium and reduction of blood volume in the left ventricle
• D)Diastolic filling pressures of the left ventricle and reduction of blood volume in all four heart chambers

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